Timolaus of Caesarea in Palestine

Holy Martyr Timolaus of Caesarea in Palestine, also called Timothy, is remembered together with Agapius, Publius, Romulus, two Alexanders and two Dionysiuses. All suffered in the time of the emperor Diocletian (284-305), in the city of Caesarea in Palestine.

At one of the pagan feasts, Christians who refused to sacrifice to idols were tortured and put to death in public. At that time the martyr Timothy was condemned to be burned, and Agapius and Thekla were given to wild beasts. Among those in the crowd were some young Christians, Publius, Timolaus, Alexander, another Alexander, Dionysius and Romulus, a subdeacon of the church of Diospolis. They decided to confess their faith before all and to suffer for Christ. As a sign of their voluntary struggle they bound their hands and presented themselves before the governor Urban. Seeing their youth, he tried in vain to persuade them to give up their decision. Then he threw them into prison, where there were already two Christians: Agapius, who had endured torments for faith in Christ, and his servant Dionysius. All these saints were subjected to terrible tortures and beheaded.

Saint Timolaus is commemorated on 28 March, in the new style.