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Timothy of Gaza
martyr at Gaza
SaintResearchedDate unknown
Feast: 19 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
At Gaza in Palestine, Saint Timothy, martyr, who during the persecution of the emperor Diocletian, under the governor Urban, overcame many torments and was at last burned over a slow fire.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 19 August as a martyr at Gaza who, after many torments, was burned over a slow fire under Diocletian.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 19 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Rdb8970a1 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.