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Not all Christian confessions accept every figure on this list as a martyr or Christian—see the linked articles for fuller discussion. In many types of Christianity, martyrdom is considered a direct path to sainthood and many names on this list are viewed as saints in one or more confessions.
Aloysius Gonzaga (1568–1591), Italian, patron saint of young Christians. Roque González de Santa Cruz (1576–1628), the film The Mission is based on his life. John Soan de Goto (1578–1597), one of the Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan. Rene Goupil (1608–1642), French missionary and one of the first North American martyrs.
They were first challenged by Albert Schweitzer in his doctoral thesis, The Psychiatric Study of Jesus: Exposition and Criticism, [80] [2] [3] (Die psychiatrische Beurteilung Jesu: Darstellung und Kritik, 1913) [81] [82] [28] [83] and by the American theologian Walter E. Bundy [Wikidata] in his 1922 book, The psychic health of Jesus.
This is an incomplete list of humans and angels whom the Catholic Church has canonized as saints.According to Catholic theology, all saints enjoy the beatific vision.Many of the saints listed here are to be found in the General Roman Calendar, while others may also be found in the Roman Martyrology; [1] still others are particular to local places and their recognition does not extend to the ...
Saints: Dmitri Ivanovich: October 19, 1582 May 15, 1591 8 Russia: Eastern Orthodox Church: Martyr Tsarevich of All Russia Bogolep of Chorny Yar: May 2, 1647 August 1, 1654 7 Russia: Eastern Orthodox Church: Venerable Gabriel of Białystok: April 2, 1684 April 20, 1690 6 Poland: Eastern Orthodox Church: Martyr Peter [Cungagnaq] ca. 1800 ...
Severus (or Secundius), Severian(us), Carpophorus, and Victorinus were martyred at Rome or Castra Albana, according to Christian tradition. [2]According to the Passion of Saint Sebastian, the four saints were soldiers (specifically cornicularii, or clerks, in charge of all the regiment's records and paperwork) who refused to sacrifice to Aesculapius, and therefore were killed by order of ...
This is a list of people, who died just prior to the Massacre of the Innocents (the slaughter by Herod of Judea of male babies under two years old in an effort to eliminate the newborn King of the Jews) [1] or during the 1st century, who have received recognition from the Catholic Church as saints (through canonization).
There, they were arrested for their Christianity by Emperor Gallienus (260–268). Refusing to deny their faith, they were first scourged and then beheaded on 11 September 258. That Passion is now thought to be a novelistic creation to create a hagiography for two saints for whom none was yet known and to link them to Eugenia, thought to be ...