Titas

This name derives from the Roman day praenomen “Tĭtus,” linked to the Imperial Latin “Titianus,” meaning “honorable or resembling a dove, wild dove.” Titus Flavius Caesar Vespasianus Augustus; († 79) was Roman Emperor from 79 to 81. A member of the Flavian dynasty, Titus succeeded his father Vespasian upon his death, thus becoming the first Roman emperor to come to the throne after his father. The name day occurs on March 3, in memory of Saint Titian of Brescia (Italian: San Tiziano di Brescia), a 5th-century bishop of Brescia. In the list of bishops of Brescia, he is considered the fifteenth bishop of Brescia, succeeding Vigilius and preceding Paul II. (Biblical) the seventeenth book of the new testament of the Bible, the epistle to Titus. Saint Titian of Oderzo (Italian: San Tiziano di Oderzo) was a 7th-century bishop of Opitergium (Oderzo), in the Province of Treviso.