for their faith. The early Christian period before Constantine I was the "Age of Martyrs". "Early Christians venerated martyrs as powerful intercessors...

This is a list of reputed martyrs of Christianity; it includes only notable people with Wikipedia articles. Not all Christian denominations accept every...

A martyr (Greek: μάρτυς, mártys, 'witness' stem μαρτυρ-, martyr-) is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing...

 Geṓrgios; died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was an early Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to tradition...

and Plato), in whose works he was well studied, as unknowing Christians. Justin was martyred, along with some of his students, and is venerated as a saint...

all a reliable index of the sufferings of the Christians as a whole". Acts of the Martyrs Christian martyrs Damnatio ad bestias Hellenistic religion Interpretatio...

Saint Paul, which is observed on 29 June. The celebration is of ancient Christian origin, the date selected being the anniversary of either their death...

former times, was little known. An obscure Christian martyr Severianus was, about the year AD 300, martyred in the following way, according to one tale:...

protomartyr (Koine Greek, πρῶτος prôtos 'first' + μάρτυς mártus 'martyr') is the first Christian martyr in a country or among a particular group, such as a religious...

c. AD 5 – c. 34) is traditionally venerated as the protomartyr or first martyr of Christianity. According to the Acts of the Apostles, he was a deacon...

30 Ethiopian Christians. The victims, all but one being members of the Coptic Orthodox Church, were formally declared saints and martyrs in February of...

Vol.I "St. Zoe at Rome". Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese. Retrieved 28 October 2019. "Martyr Sebastian at Rome, and his companions". www.oca...

the Hurons martyred during warfare between the Iroquois (particularly the Mohawk people) and the Huron. Elias and companions: five Christians from Roman...

The Colchester Martyrs were 16th-century English Protestant martyrs. They were executed for heresy in Colchester, Essex, during the reigns of Henry VIII...

was during this time that the 26 martyrs were executed. By 1630, Catholicism had been driven underground. When Christian missionaries returned to Japan...

The Canterbury Martyrs were 16th-century English Protestant martyrs. They were executed for heresy in Canterbury, Kent and were the last Protestants burnt...

major source for identifying Christian martyrs in this period. Martyr narratives flourished later as a genre of Christian literature, but are not contemporary...

Apollinaris is the name of several ancient Christian saints. Saint Apollonia was an early Christian martyr venerated in the Catholic Church and the patron...

and Anastasia (died 68 AD), Christian martyr Basilissa of Saints Callinica and Basilissa (died 252 AD), Christian martyr Basilissa of Saints Julian and...

have led to her being remembered by groups of evangelical Christians as a Christian martyr. She was posthumously the subject and co-writer of several...

The Martyrs of Japan (Japanese: 日本の殉教者, Hepburn: Nihon no junkyōsha) were Christian missionaries and followers who were persecuted and executed, mostly...

The First Apology was an early work of Christian apologetics addressed by Justin Martyr to the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius. In addition to arguing against...

donations from the local Christian population on the site where the Apostle Bartholomew was believed to have been martyred. It is believed that in this...

Hyakinthos; died 108 AD) was a young Christian living at the start of the second century, who is honored as a martyr and a saint by both the Eastern Orthodox...

(Latin: Sancta Lucia) (and better known as Saint Lucy) was a Roman Christian martyr who died during the Diocletianic Persecution. She is venerated as a...

Λεωνίδης) was a Greek early Christian martyr who lived in the second and early third centuries AD. According to the Christian historian Eusebius, Leonides'...

Edward the Martyr (c. 962 – 18 March 978) was King of the English from 8 July 975 until he was killed in 978. He was the eldest son of King Edgar (r. 959–975)...

The Uganda Martyrs are a group of 22 Catholic and 23 Anglican converts to Christianity in the historical kingdom of Buganda, now part of Uganda, who were...

Eastern Orthodox Church recognizes 222 Orthodox Christians who died during the Boxer Rebellion as Holy Martyrs of China. On the evening of 11 June 1900 leaflets...

to lay flowers at the eternal flame. This day is also called "Armenian Martyrs Day". The date 24 April commemorates the deportation of Armenian intellectuals...