Timothy of Palestine

Holy Martyr Timothy of Palestine is remembered together with Domninus, Theophimus, Philotheus, the presbyter Dorotheus, Carterius and Eupsychius. In the Byzantine synaxaria, under 5/18 November, is found the account of the martyrs who suffered in Caesarea of Palestine under the archon (prefect) Urban.

The first named is Domninus, who was first condemned to labour in the copper mines and then burned. In some versions his name appears separately, then is repeated in the account of Theophimus, Timothy and Philotheus, young men who, as a punishment decided by Urban, were made to take part in gladiatorial shows. At the same time the prefect ordered other Christians to be subjected to various tortures: the aged presbyter Dorotheus, Carterius and Eupsychius. The account is based on the work of Eusebius of Caesarea, "On the Martyrs of Palestine", which tells of the trial of Christians held by Urban on 5 November 307 in Caesarea of Palestine, when in one day he condemned many Christians.

Saint Timothy is commemorated on 18 November, according to the Greek calendar, in the new style. Their names are not included in the present calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church.