# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. Timothy, Bishop and Martyr (Jan 24) —
# pre-1955-but-post-1617 (no SanctiM/01-24*.txt at all).
# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/01-24.txt, English/Sancti/01-24.txt.
# Lectio4-5 is this saint's own proper text, one continuous account, no
# internal break, combined into a single reading; Lectio6 is a bare
# `@Commune/C2:Lectio4` reference (not proper), skipped per this
# project's existing "no Common fallback authored into this store"
# pattern. No responsory given in the source.
id: st-timothy
readings:
  - nocturn: 2
    isGospel: false
    text:
      la: >-
        Timótheus, Lystris in Lycaónia natus ex patre Gentíli et matre Judǽa, christiánam colébat
        religiónem, cum in ea loca venit Paulus Apóstolus. Qui fama commótus, quæ de Timóthei
        sanctitáte percrebúerat, ipsum adhíbuit sócium suæ peregrinatiónis: sed propter Judǽos qui
        se ad Christum convérterant, sciéntes Timóthei patrem esse Gentílem, eum circumcídit. Cum
        ígitur ambo Ephesum veníssent, ibi ordinátus est epíscopus ab Apóstolo, ut eam ecclésiam
        gubernáret.


        Ad quem Apóstolus duas epístolas scripsit, álteram Laodicéa, álteram Roma. Quibus in
        pastorális offícii cura confirmátus, cum sacrifícium, quod uni Deo debétur fíeri dǽmonum
        simulácris, ferre non posset; pópulum Ephesínum, Diánæ in ejus celebritáte immolántem, ab
        illa impietáte removére conátus, lapídibus óbrutus est; ac pene mórtuus, a Christiánis
        eréptus et in montem óppido vicínum delátus, nono Kaléndas Februárii obdormívit in Dómino.
      en: >-
        Timothy was a native of Lystra in Lycaonia, born of a Gentile father and a Jewish mother.
        He embraced the Christian religion when the Apostle Paul came into those parts. The holy
        Apostle was so struck with the fame of Timothy's sanctity, that he chose him to be the
        companion of his journeys, and caused him to be circumcised, in order to remove a
        stumbling-block from the way of those Jews who felt drawn to Christianity. When they came
        together to Ephesus, the Apostle consecrated him Bishop of that Church.


        Two of the Apostle Paul's Epistles are addressed to this Saint, of which one was written
        from Laodicea, and the other from Rome. These sacred writings so stirred him up to the
        zealous discharge of his duties as a spiritual shepherd, that he strove to prevent the
        people of Ephesus from sacrificing to Artemis on her feastday, knowing that sacrifice is
        due to God alone. The heathens thereupon stoned him till he was well-nigh dead, and
        although he was rescued by the Christians, and carried to a mountain near the city, he then
        fell asleep in the Lord, on the 24th day of January.
    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
