RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Saint Timothy

17 - 97

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Timothy or Timothy of Ephesus (Greek: Τιμόθεος, Timótheos, meaning "honouring God" or "honoured by God") was an early Christian evangelist and the first Christian bishop of Ephesus, who tradition relates died around the year AD 97. Timothy was from the Lycaonian city of Lystra or of Derbe in Asia Minor, born of a Jewish mother who had become a Christian believer, and a Greek father. The Apostle Paul met him during his second missionary journey and he became Paul's companion and missionary partner along with Silas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saint Timothy has received more than 1,647,038 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Saint Timothy is the 551st most popular religious figure (down from 381st in 2019), the 203rd most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 155th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Turkish Religious Figure.

Saint Timothy is most famous for being the disciple of Saint Paul and for being the first bishop of Ephesus.

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  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.75

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  • 4.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saint Timothy ranks 551 out of 3,187Before him are Simon Magus, Pope Boniface II, Antipope Clement VII, Zayd ibn Thabit, Meritaten, and William Laud. After him are Truganini, Pope Telesphorus, Josemaría Escrivá, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, Pope John XIII, and Ludmila of Bohemia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 17, Saint Timothy ranks 2Before him is Messalina. After him is Junia Claudilla. Among people deceased in 97, Saint Timothy ranks 1After him are Wang Chong, and Lucius Verginius Rufus.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Saint Timothy ranks 203 out of 1,347Before him are Ahmet Necdet Sezer (1941), Arcesilaus (-315), Romanos II (938), Xenocrates (-396), Cleanthes (-330), and Ali ibn al-Athir (1160). After him are Nikephoros III Botaneiates (1002), Sultan Cem (1459), Theophanu (960), Michael Psellos (1018), Elia Kazan (1909), and Celâl Bayar (1883).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Türkiye

Among religious figures born in Türkiye, Saint Timothy ranks 30Before him are Pope John V (635), Pope John VI (655), Laban (-1900), Dorothea of Caesarea (279), Theodore of Amasea (300), and Gregory Palamas (1296). After him are Sabbas the Sanctified (439), Gregory Thaumaturgus (213), Michael I Cerularius (1005), Theophanes the Confessor (758), Basilios Bessarion (1403), and Evagrius Ponticus (345).