death_date death_place canonized_date feast_day venerated_in patronage birth_date titles major_shrine image article_title name
96 or 107 ad gortyn , crete pre-congregation january -rrb- 26 february 6 -lrb- general roman calendar 1845-1969 roman lutheranism anglican communion catholic church eastern orthodox church eastern catholic churches crete 1st century ad bishop and martyr heraklion , crete saint , s. nicholas church -rrb- . jpg titus -lrb- kosovo , 14th c. pech patriarch. saint titus
 titus
saint titus

titus -lrb- ; -rrb- was an early christian missionary and church leader , a companion and disciple of paul the apostle , mentioned in several of the pauline epistles including the epistle to titus .
he is believed to be a gentile converted to christianity by paul and , according to tradition , was consecrated by him as bishop of the island of crete .
titus brought a fundraising letter from paul to corinth , to collect for the poor in jerusalem .
later , on crete , titus appointed presbyters -lrb- elders -rrb- in every city and remained there into his old age , dying in the city of candia -lrb- modern heraklion -rrb- .
