The Diocletianic or Great Persecution was the last and most severe persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire. In 303, the emperors Diocletian, Maximian...
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School of Alexandria and forbade conversion to Christianity), the Diocletianic Persecution would be the most severe. In AD 303, Diocletian ordered all churches...
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Diocletian (redirect from Diocletianic Reforms)
Constantius respectively. The Diocletianic Persecution (303–312), the empire's last, largest, and bloodiest official persecution of Christianity, failed to...
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253–268), halted the persecutions. The Augustus Diocletian (r. 283–305) began the Diocletianic persecution, the final general persecution of Christians, which...
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List of Christians martyred during the reign of Diocletian (redirect from List of Christians killed during the Diocletianic Persecution)
historians estimate that during this period, known as the Diocletianic or Great Persecution and extending several years beyond the reign of Diocletian...
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allowed the Christians "freedom of action". The Great Persecution, or Diocletianic Persecution, was begun by the senior augustus and Roman emperor Diocletian...
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Christianity, on the other hand, Greek remained dominant. During the Diocletianic Persecution, Bibles were targeted as part of a larger program intended to wipe...
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Galerius (section Persecution of Christians)
he was a staunch opponent of Christianity, Galerius ended the Diocletianic Persecution when he issued the Edict of Toleration in Serdica (Sofia) in 311...
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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...
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as Saint Lucy) was a Roman Christian martyr who died during the Diocletianic Persecution. She is venerated as a saint in Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, and...
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Saint Nicholas (category Diocletianic Persecution)
reports that Saint Nicholas had been beaten and tortured during the Diocletianic Persecution. The facial reconstruction was produced by Caroline Wilkinson at...
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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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Foreign Secretary of FCO Support for Persecuted Christians". Christian Persecution Review. Retrieved 6 September 2021. The Church of England quarterly review...
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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...
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the Rhine frontier, defeating the Alamanni and Franks. When the Diocletianic Persecution was announced in 303, Constantius ordered the demolition of churches...
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Decius (section Persecution of Christians)
Decian persecution was the first organized persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire and served as the basis for the Diocletianic Persecution, the last...
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Donatism (category Diocletianic Persecution)
the Diocletianic Persecutions, was satisfied when Christians handed over their scriptures as a token repudiation of faith. When the persecution ended...
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Christianity and paganism (category Persecution of Pagans)
through a mixture of peaceful conversion, natural religious change, persecution, and the military conquest of pagan peoples; the Christianization of...
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Edict of Serdica (category Diocletianic Persecution)
Bulgaria) by Roman Emperor Galerius. It officially ended the Diocletianic Persecution of Christianity in the Eastern Roman Empire. The Edict implicitly...
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Deliberate persecution of Christians within the empire began in 257 AD under emperor Valerian, and intensified in 303 AD during the Diocletianic Persecution. Persecution...
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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...
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war time truce against the Russian Orthodox Church, and extended its persecutions to the newly communist Eastern bloc. While the churches were generally...
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martyr. According to traditional belief, he was killed during the Diocletianic Persecution of Christians. He was initially tied to a post or tree and shot...
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Early Christianity (section 1st century persecution)
followed by those in Siscia and Mursia.[citation needed] The Diocletianic Persecution left deep marks in Dalmatia and Pannonia. Quirinus, bishop of Siscia...
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Coel Hen (category Diocletianic Persecution)
Historia, Coel grows upset with Asclepiodotus's handling of the Diocletianic Persecution and begins a rebellion in his duchy of Caer Colun (Colchester)...
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was a Saint and virgin martyr who leapt to her death during the Diocletianic Persecution rather than be forced by Roman soldiers to offer a public sacrifice...
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the Diocletianic Persecution. There appears to be no historical basis for his passion. Erasmus was Bishop of Formia, Italy. During the persecution against...
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Christians Persecution of Christians in the New Testament Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire Decian persecution Persecution in Lyon Diocletianic Persecution...
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Pope Miltiades (category Diocletianic Persecution)
Bulgaria) by the Roman emperor Galerius, officially ending the Diocletianic Persecution of Christianity in the Eastern part of the Empire. The election...
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Anti-Catholicism in the United Kingdom (redirect from Persecution of Catholics in the United Kingdom)
alliance with Philip II of Spain as a means to ending the religious persecution of Catholics throughout the British Isles. In 1570, Pope Pius V declared...
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