In the [[Christianity|Christian]] [[New Testament]], '''Saint Titus''', (a common [[praenomen|Roman first name]], meaning ''honourable''{{Fact|date=October 2007}} ) was a companion of [[Paul of Tarsus]], mentioned in several of [[Pauline epistles|Paul's epistles]], including the [[Epistle to Titus]]. Titus was with Paul and [[Barnabas]] at [[Antioch]] and accompanied them to the [[Council of Jerusalem]] ([[Epistle to the Galatians|Galatians]] 2:1-3; Acts 15:2), although his name nowhere occurs in the [[Acts of the Apostles]].

He appears to have been a [[Gentile]] – for St. Paul sternly refused to have him [[History of male circumcision#Male circumcision in the Greco-Roman world|circumcised]], perhaps because Paul believed Christ's gospel freed believers from the requirements of the [[Mosaic Law]] – and to have been chiefly engaged in ministering to Gentiles. At a later period, Paul's Epistles place him with Paul and [[Timothy]] at [[Ephesus]], whence he was sent by Paul to [[Corinth, Greece|Corinth]] for the purpose of getting the contributions of the church there in behalf of the poor Christians at Jerusalem sent forward ([[2 Corinthians]] 8:6; 12:18). He rejoined the apostle when he was in [[Macedon]]ia, and cheered him with the tidings he brought from Corinth (7:6-15). After this his name is not mentioned till after Paul's first imprisonment, when we find him engaged in the organization of the church in [[Crete]], where the apostle had left him for this purpose (''Titus'' 1:5). The last notice of him is in [[2 Timothy]] 4:10, where he appears with Paul at Rome during his second imprisonment. From Rome he was sent into [[Dalmatia]], no doubt on some important missionary errand. The New Testament does not record his death.

According to church tradition, Paul ordained Titus Bishop of [[Gortyn]] in Crete. He died in AD [[107]] at about 95 years of age.

For the majority of Roman Catholics, owing to the changes emanating from the [[Second Vatican Council]], St. Titus' feast was [[Roman Catholic calendar of saints|transferred]] to [[January 26]] from February 6. His feast day is still observed on [[February 6]] in the [[Traditional Catholic Calendar]] by [[Traditional Catholics|Traditional Roman Catholics]]. Titus is commemorated on the [[Calendar of Saints (Lutheran)|Calendar of Saints]] of the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]] on January 26 along with [[Timothy]] and [[Silas]].

=="Titus Timotheus"?==
A recent analysis by Richard G. Fellows suggests that the name ''Titus'' in 2 Corinthians and Galatians is nothing more than an informal name used by Timothy. The theory proposes that 1 Cor. 4.17, 16.10, 2 Cor. 2.13, 7.6, 13-14, 12.18 and Acts 19.22 all refer to the same journey of a single individual, Titus-Timothy.

==External links==
*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14727b.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: ''Epistles to St. Timothy and St. Titus'']

==References==
{{Eastern Christianity Portal}}
*Fellows, Richard G. "Was Titus Timothy?" ''Journal for the Study of the New Testament'' '''81''' (2001):33-58.

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