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Timon (* in the 1st century BC or in the 1st century; † in the 1st century) was one of the seven deacons who were in charge of serving as deacons and providing for parishioners in the original Jerusalem community (ff.) According to tradition, Timon later missioned to Aleppo and then travelled to Corinth via Cyprus. Here he suffered martyrdom by crucifixion.

Timon is venerated as a saint in the Catholic and Orthodox Churches; The common day of the seven deacons is July 28.

Weblinks
Entry in www.heiligenlexikon.de
Entry in Complete Saint-Lexicon (1858)

Person in the New Testament
Saint (1st century)
Deacon
Born in the 1st century BC or 1. Century
Died in the 1st century
Man