Stylite
Timothy the Stylite
A venerable ascetic who lived on a pillar, reposing in 872.
Life
Venerable Timothy the Stylite struggled on a pillar and lived in a way pleasing to God. He reposed in peace in the year 872.
The Greek calendar (new style) commemorates him on 4 January, among the venerable, alongside Apollinaria the Senator, Athanasius the Commentariensis, Zosimas the Confessor, Michael the Syncellus and Euthymius the New. No other details of his life have survived.
Commemorated the same day January 4
ApollosApostle · Apostle of the SeventyJan 4
Symeon of JerusalemHieromartyr · Bishop of JerusalemJan 4
EpaphroditusApostle · Envoy of the Church of PhilippiJan 4
CleopasApostle · Disciple on the road to EmmausJan 4
Andronicus of PannoniaApostle · Bishop of PannoniaJan 4
EpaphrasApostle · Companion of the Apostle PaulJan 4
EvodiusApostle · Bishop of AntiochJan 4
Apelles of SmyrnaApostle · Bishop of HeracleaJan 4
AchaicusApostle · Of CorinthJan 4
AmpliatusApostle · Greeted by the Apostle PaulJan 4
Crispus of CorinthApostle · Bishop of ChalcedonJan 4
Quartus of BerytusApostle · Bishop of BeirutJan 4