The Diocletianic or Great Persecution was the last and most severe persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire. In 303, the emperors Diocletian, Maximian...

Constantius respectively. The Diocletianic Persecution (303–312), the empire's last, largest, and bloodiest official persecution of Christianity, failed to...

 253–268), halted the persecutions. The Augustus Diocletian (r. 283–305) began the Diocletianic persecution, the final general persecution of Christians, which...

School of Alexandria and forbade conversion to Christianity), the Diocletianic Persecution would be the most severe. In AD 303, Diocletian ordered all churches...

the Rhine frontier, defeating the Alamanni and Franks. When the Diocletianic Persecution was announced in 303, Constantius ordered the demolition of churches...

as Saint Lucy, was a Roman Christian martyr who died during the Diocletianic Persecution. She is venerated as a saint in Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, Eastern...

Christianity, on the other hand, Greek remained dominant. During the Diocletianic Persecution, Bibles were targeted as part of a larger program intended to wipe...

the 3rd century and later became bishop of Acerenza. During the Diocletianic Persecution he refused in the presence of the prefect Pigrasius to worship...

granted recognition. Earlier in the 4th century, following the Diocletianic Persecution of 303–313 and the Donatist controversy that arose in consequence...

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reports that Saint Nicholas had been beaten and tortured during the Diocletianic Persecution. The facial reconstruction was produced by Caroline Wilkinson at...

April, the traditionally accepted date of the saint's death in the Diocletianic Persecution. In the calendar of the Lutheran Churches, those of the Anglican...

allowed the Christians "freedom of action". The Great Persecution, or Diocletianic Persecution, was begun by the senior augustus and Roman emperor Diocletian...

stead of the imprisoned bishop Peter I of Alexandria during the Diocletianic Persecution, but after Peter's death in 311 refused to give up his right to...

historians estimate that during this period, known as the Diocletianic or Great Persecution and extending several years beyond the reign of Diocletian...

he was a staunch opponent of Christianity, Galerius ended the Diocletianic Persecution when he issued the Edict of Toleration in Serdica (Sofia) in 311...

Persecuted Christians". Christian Persecution Review. Retrieved 6 September 2021. Jacques Ryckmans, La Persécution des Chrétiens Himyarites, Nederlands...

purposeful covering of the mosaic, which may correlate to the Diocletianic Persecution. The remains were found near Megiddo Prison, which is located a...

Decian persecution was the first organized persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire and served as the basis for the Diocletianic Persecution, the last...

the Diocletianic Persecutions, was satisfied when Christians handed over their scriptures as a token repudiation of faith. When the persecution ended...

suffered various persecutions, the harshest of which were the Neronian persecution and the Diocletianic Persecution. The persecutions of Nero, Domitian...

martyrdom with Anastasius, Julian, Celsus and Marcionilla during the Diocletianic Persecution. Denouncing the Roman way of life, he lived as a desert hermit...

were soldiers in the Roman army during the persecution of Christians, especially the Diocletianic Persecution of AD 303–313. Most of the early Christian...

through a mixture of peaceful conversion, natural religious change, persecution, and the military conquest of pagan peoples; the Christianization of...

sacrifice to the Roman gods. The Diocletianic Persecution beginning in 303 AD was also particularly severe. Roman persecution ended in 313 AD with the Edict...

probably fictitious. According to his legend, he died during the Diocletianic Persecution in AD 303. In the Middle Ages, he was counted as one of the Fourteen...

followed by those in Siscia and Mursia.[citation needed] The Diocletianic Persecution left deep marks in Dalmatia and Pannonia. Quirinus, bishop of Siscia...

group of soldiers whose sole duty was to fight fires. During the Diocletianic Persecution of Christians, reports reached Rome that Florian was not enforcing...

Bulgaria) by the Roman emperor Galerius, officially ending the Diocletianic Persecution of Christianity in the Eastern part of the Empire. The election...

intensifying again in 303 AD during the Diocletianic Persecution. Ancient Rome portal Christianity portal Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire W...