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This is a list of reputed martyrs of Christianity; it includes only notable people with Wikipedia articles.Not all Christian confessions accept every figure on this list as a martyr or Christian—see the linked articles for fuller discussion.
Pages in category "Lists of Christian martyrs" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
List of royal saints and martyrs: a list of Christian monarchs, other royalty, and nobility who have been beatified or canonized, or who are otherwise venerated as or conventionally given the appellation of "saint" or "martyr". List of Unitarian martyrs: a list of people considered martyrs for their adherence to the Unitarianism movement.
A 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 order. Similarly, the phrase the Protomartyr (with no other qualification of country or region) can mean Saint Stephen, the first martyr of the Christian Church.
The Persecution of the Jews in the Roman Empire (300-428). University of Kansas Publications, 1952. Humanistic Studies, No. 30; Claudia Setzer. Jewish Responses to Early Christians: History and Polemics, 30-150 C.E. Fortress. Minneapolis. 1994 254pp. Steve Walton. "The State They Were In" in Peter Oakes (ed.), Rome in the Bible and the Early ...
Christians were persecuted by local authorities on an intermittent and ad hoc basis. In addition, there were several periods of empire-wide persecution which were directed from the seat of government in Rome. Christians were the targets of persecution because they refused to worship the Roman gods or to pay homage to the emperor as divine.
Most articles should be placed in a sub-category covering a specific time period. In the case of the later periods, the article should also be placed in a denominational sub-category. Note that the denominational categories are not used to identify which churches honour a particular martyr, but rather the church to which the m
A page from an early 9th-century copy of the Martyrologium Hieronymianum made at the Abbey of Lorsch. The Martyrologium Hieronymianum (meaning "martyrology of Jerome") or Martyrologium sancti Hieronymi (meaning "martyrology of Saint Jerome") is an ancient martyrology or list of Christian martyrs in calendar order, one of the most used and influential of the Middle Ages.