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The church historian Eusebius , a Bishop of Caesarea who lived through both the "Little Peace" of the Church and the Great Persecution, is a major source for identifying Christian martyrs in this period. Martyr narratives flourished later as a genre of Christian literature , but are not contemporary with the persecutions and are often of dubious historicity. This article lists both historical and legendary figures traditionally identified as martyrs during the reign of Diocletian.
Martyrs of Palestine [ edit ]
Icon of Saint Timolaus and Companions
Eusebius recorded many accounts of martyrdoms in Caesarea in his book The Martyrs of Palestine [2] The Martyrs of Palestine
Martyrs of Nicomedia [ edit ]
In his Church History Nicomedia , naming two:
Attested in early sources [ edit ]
Saint Sebastian and Madonna with Saints (1525) by Il Sodoma
Shmona and Gurya, c. 297 , as recorded in the Acts of Shmona and of Gurya c. 309 )
Saint Sebastian , c. 288 , first attested by Ambrose , bishop of Milan 374–397
Euphemia , 303, attested in the Martyrologium Hieronymianum and the Fasti vindobonenses
Felix and Adauctus , c. 303 , attested in the works of Pope Gregory I (late 6th century) and in a miraculous martyrology by Ado in the 9th century that may have drawn on a 4th-century record by Pope Damasus I
Agnes of Rome , c. 304 , recorded by Ambrose
Marcellinus and Peter , 304, first recorded by Damasus
The Flagellation of Erasmus of Formiae , from the crypt of Santa Maria in Via Lata (c. 750 )Eulalia of Mérida with the martyr's palm (Master of Meßkirch , 1535–40)
Chrysanthus and Daria , according to the Martyrologium Hieronymianum
Nicasius, Quirinus, Scubiculus, and Pientia , according to tradition
Castulus and his wife Irene of Rome , according to tradition
Mark and Marcellian , according to tradition
Saint Tiburtius and Saint Susanna , according to legend
Victor of Marseilles , according to tradition
Pope Caius , according to legend
Gabinus , died c. 300 , according to tradition
Sabinus of Spoleto , c. 300 , according to tradition
Anthony of Antioch , Celsus and Marcionilla , according to tradition
Eulalia of Barcelona , 12 February 303, according to tradition
Quirinus of Tegernsee , according to legend
Engratia , 303, according to tradition
George , 23 April 303, according to tradition
Victor Maurus , c. 303 , according to tradition
Agathius , 8 May 303, according to tradition
Erasmus of Formiae , c. 303 , according to tradition
Vitus , according to legend
Cyriacus , according to tradition
Alexander of Bergamo , according to legend
Anastasius of Antioch , Julian and Basilissa , according to tradition
Lucy , 304, according to tradition
Vincent of Saragossa , c. 304 , according to tradition
Victoria of Albitina , c. 304 , according to tradition
Agape, Chionia, and Irene , 304, according to tradition
Fidelis of Como , c. 304 , according to tradition
Acisclus of Córdoba , 304, according to tradition
Leocadia of Toledo , c. 304 , according to tradition
Quiricus and Julietta , 304, according to tradition
Eulalia of Mérida , according to tradition
Proculus of Pozzuoli , and Januarius , c. 305 , according to tradition
Vincent, Orontius, and Victor 305, according to tradition
Chrysogonus , according to tradition
Cantius, Cantianus, and Cantianilla , 304, reported by Maximus of Turin and Venantius Fortunatus
Cessianus , 303
Acacius of Sebaste , according to tradition
Anastasia of Sirmium , according to tradition
Archelais and Companions
Philomena , according to tradition
Pancras of Rome , according to tradition
Verissimus, Maxima, and Julia , c. 303 , first attested in the Martyrology of Usuard
See also [ edit ]
Citations [ edit ]
^ Harnack, Adolf (9 January 1997). The Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries, 2 Volumes ISBN 978-1-57910-002-5 . Retrieved 18 February 2024 .
References [ edit ]
Frend, William H.C. Martyrdom and persecution in the early church: a study of a conflict from the Maccabees to Donatus . New York University Press, 1967. Reissued in 2008 by James Clarke Company, U.K. ISBN 0-227-17229-9
Liebeschuetz, J. H. W. G. Continuity and Change in Roman Religion . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979. ISBN 0-19-814822-4
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a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
