Titus, one of the companions of the apostle Paul, is (apart from the epistle with which his name is associated) mentioned only in 2 Cor. and Gal. He was a Greek, and remained uncircumcised after his conversion. He accompanied the apostle from Antioch to Jerusalem, where the latter took part in the church council held to discuss the Christian privileges of Gentiles. He was thrice sent to Corinth: on the first occasion, from Ephesus, as bearer of a no longer extant epistle (2 Cor. ii. 3, 4; vii. 8, 12); afterwards, from Macedonia, with the second canonical epistle; and a third time to promote the collection in
Corinth for the poor Christians of Judæa. According to Tit. i. 5 he accompanied the apostle to Crete, and was left by him there. Ecclesiastical tradition makes Titus 'bishop' of Crete. For the canonical epistle to Titus, and works thereon, see TIMOTHY (EPISTLES TO).