No likeness on file
Timothy of Mauretania
deacon and martyr in Mauretania
SaintResearchedDate unknown
Feast: 21 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
—
unknown
Died
—
unknown
Beatified
—
not on record
Canonised
—
not on record
Who they were
In Mauretania, in the territory of present-day Algeria, Saint Timothy, deacon and martyr.
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 21 May as a deacon martyred in Mauretania, in the territory of present-day Algeria.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 21 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata R96d9d713 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.