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List of Christian martyrs

This is a list of reputed martyrs of Christianity; it includes only notable people with Wikipedia articles. Not all Christian denominations accept every figure on this list as a martyr or Christian—see the linked articles for fuller discussion. In many denominations of Christianity, martyrdom is considered a direct path to sainthood and many names on this list are viewed as saints in one or more denomination.

Martyrdom of St. Paul by Tintoretto

Apostolic Age—1st century Edit

 
Martyrdom of Saint Stephen by Giovanni Andrea de Ferrari (1598-1669)
 
The crucifixion of Saint Peter by Caravaggio (1601)

According to the Gospels and Acts of the Apostles Edit

According to early sources Edit

According to tradition Edit

Age of Martyrdom—2nd to 4th centuries Edit

 
Pope St Fabian and Saint Sebastian, Giovanni di Paolo
 
The martyrdom of St. Alban, from a 13th-century manuscript, now in the Trinity College Library, Dublin. Note the executioner's eyes falling out of his head

According to early Christian tradition Edit

With some historical attestation within a hundred years of the event Edit

With some historical attestation more than a hundred years after the event Edit

Largely or wholly legendary Edit

Middle Ages—5th to 15th-centuries Edit

 
Madonna and Child with St Peter Martyr, by Lorenzo Lotto
 
Joan of Arc being burned at the stake, by Jules-Eugène Lenepveu

Reformation Era—16th century Edit

 
Dirk Willems etching from Martyrs Mirror
 
"Death of Cranmer", from the 1887 Foxe's Book of Martyrs

Modern Era—17th to 21st centuries Edit

 
Feodosia Morozova, an Old Believer being arrested by Czarist authorities
 
An illustration depicts the brutal death of Father Luís Jayme by the hands of angry natives at Mission San Diego de Alcalá in Alta California, November 4, 1775

See also Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ Matthew 2:16–18
  2. ^ Matthew 14:1–12
  3. ^ Acts 7:54–60
  4. ^ Acts 12:1–2
  5. ^ Revelation 2:13
  6. ^ Lyons, George. Antiquities of the Jews - Book XX, Chapter 9. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  7. ^ Quintus Septimius Florens, Tertullian. "Prescription Against Heretics Chapter XXXVI". ccel.org. Retrieved 1 June 2015. "Since, moreover, you are close upon Italy, you have Rome, from which there comes even into our own hands the very authority (of apostles themselves). How happy is its church, on which apostles poured forth all their doctrine along with their blood; where Peter endures a passion like his Lord's; where Paul wins his crown in a death like John's[the Baptist]; where the Apostle John was first plunged, unhurt, into boiling oil, and thence remitted to his island-exile."
  8. ^ Ignatius of Antioch, Letter to the Ephesians, Chapter XII
  9. ^ The legends surrounding Andrew are discussed in F. Dvornik, "The Idea of Apostolicity in Byzantium and the Legend of the Apostle Andrew", Dumbarton Oaks Studies, IV (Cambridge) 1958.
  10. ^ "CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Matthew".
  11. ^ Schaff, Philip (1885). "Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 8". Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Retrieved 14 March 2007.
  12. ^ Farmer, David (2011). The Oxford Dictionary of Saints, Fifth Edition Revised. Oxford University Press. p. 418. ISBN 978-0199596607.
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  14. ^ "CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Bartholomew".
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  17. ^ "St. Simon of Zealot". Catholic Online. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  18. ^ Pope Shenouda III. The Beholder of God Mark the Evangelist Saint and Martyr, Chapter Seven. Tasbeha.org
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  20. ^ "CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Philemon".
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  22. ^ Lebreton, J. (1910). St. Justin Martyr. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
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  39. ^ Butler, Alban (1799). The Lives of the Primitive Fathers, Martyrs, and other Principal Saints: Compiled from Original Monuments, and other Authentic Records: Illustrated with the Remarks of Judicious Modern Critics and Historians (3rd ed.). Edinburgh: J. Moir for J. P. Coghlan.
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  76. ^ Ghazanchyan, Siranush. "Canonization of the Martyrs of the Armenian Genocide: Message of His Holiness Karekin II". Public Radio of Armenia. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  77. ^ Pope prays new 20-year-old blessed will inspire young people
  78. ^ Bearak, Barry (3 September 1999). "Baripada Journal; Forgiving Her Family's Killers, but Not Their Sins". The New York Times.
  79. ^ Pope Francis declares Catholic sister killed in Satanic ritual a martyr
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This is a list of reputed martyrs of Christianity it includes only notable people with Wikipedia articles Not all Christian denominations accept every figure on this list as a martyr or Christian see the linked articles for fuller discussion In many denominations of Christianity martyrdom is considered a direct path to sainthood and many names on this list are viewed as saints in one or more denomination Martyrdom of St Paul by TintorettoThis is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources Contents 1 Apostolic Age 1st century 1 1 According to the Gospels and Acts of the Apostles 1 2 According to early sources 1 3 According to tradition 2 Age of Martyrdom 2nd to 4th centuries 2 1 According to early Christian tradition 2 1 1 With some historical attestation within a hundred years of the event 2 1 2 With some historical attestation more than a hundred years after the event 2 2 Largely or wholly legendary 3 Middle Ages 5th to 15th centuries 4 Reformation Era 16th century 5 Modern Era 17th to 21st centuries 6 See also 7 ReferencesApostolic Age 1st century Edit nbsp Martyrdom of Saint Stephen by Giovanni Andrea de Ferrari 1598 1669 nbsp The crucifixion of Saint Peter by Caravaggio 1601 According to the Gospels and Acts of the Apostles Edit Holy Innocents of Bethlehem 1 John the Baptist 2 Stephen Protomartyr 3 James son of Zebedee 4 Antipas 5 According to early sources Edit James brother of Jesus 6 attested by Josephus ca AD 94 Simon Peter first attested by Tertullian about AD 200 7 Paul the Apostle first attested by Ignatius of Antioch probably about AD 110 8 According to tradition Edit Andrew the Apostle 9 Matthew the Apostle 10 not attested by contemporary sources Philip the Apostle conflicting accounts 11 Thomas the Apostle 12 Jude Thaddeus 13 Bartholomew conflicting accounts 14 Barnabas 15 Simon Zelotes contradictory late traditions 16 17 Mark the Evangelist 18 Timothy 19 not attested by contemporary sources Philemon 20 not attested by contemporary sourcesAge of Martyrdom 2nd to 4th centuries Edit nbsp Pope St Fabian and Saint Sebastian Giovanni di Paolo nbsp The martyrdom of St Alban from a 13th century manuscript now in the Trinity College Library Dublin Note the executioner s eyes falling out of his headAccording to early Christian tradition Edit With some historical attestation within a hundred years of the event Edit Polycarp of Smyrna 21 Justin Martyr 22 Scillitan Martyrs 23 Perpetua and Felicity 24 Ptolemaeus and Lucius 25 Pothinus bishop of Lyon with Blandina and several others the Martyrs of Lyon and Vienne 26 27 Pope Fabian 28 Sebastian 29 Shmona and Gurya 30 Agnes of Rome 31 Felix and Adauctus 32 Marcellinus and Peter 33 Forty Martyrs of Sebaste 34 Euphemia 35 Cyprian 36 With some historical attestation more than a hundred years after the event Edit Alban 37 Ignatius of Antioch 38 Gelasinus 39 Pancras 40 Valentine 41 Benedict of Monacilioni 42 Petronilla 43 Largely or wholly legendary Edit Afra 44 George 45 Januarius 46 Philomena 47 Vincent of Saragossa 48 Benham 49 Lucy 50 Wilgefortis 51 Lawrence of Rome 52 Cecilia 53 Catherine of Alexandria 54 Vitus the Martyr 55 Pelagia of Tarsus 56 Sophia the Martyr and her three daughters Faith Hope and Charity 57 Middle Ages 5th to 15th centuries EditThis article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources List of Christian martyrs news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message nbsp Madonna and Child with St Peter Martyr by Lorenzo Lotto nbsp Joan of Arc being burned at the stake by Jules Eugene LenepveuTewdrig 6th c 58 Boethius 6th c 59 Sigismund of Burgundy 524 60 Edwin of Northumbria 633 in the Battle of Hatfield Chase 61 Oswald of Northumbria 642 in the Battle of Maserfield 62 Projectus of Clermont 676 Warinus of Poitiers 677 Dagobert II of the Franks 676 63 Kilian Colman and Totnan 689 64 Fructus Valentine amp Engratia of Segovia c 715 Theofrid of Orange 728 32 by Saracens Porcarius of Lerins c 732 by Saracens Boniface 754 65 AEthelberht II of East Anglia 794 Martyrs of Iona 806 by Vikings Gohard of Nantes 843 by Normans Roderick Eulogius Perfectus Laura Flora and Maria Aurelius and Natalia Nunilo and Alodia and other Martyrs of Cordoba 850 59 Bertharius of Monte Cassino 883 by Saracens Edmund of East Anglia 869 66 Ludmila of Bohemia 921 Wiborada of St Gall 921 by Magyars Wenceslaus I Duke of Bohemia 935 King Edward the Martyr 979 67 Adalbert of Prague 997 by Old Prussians Bruno of Querfurt 1009 Jovan Vladimir 1014 Olaf II of Norway 1030 in the Battle of Stiklestad 68 Gerard of Csanad 1046 Stanislaus of Szczepanow 1079 Canute IV of Denmark 1086 Magnus Erlendsson of Orkney 1117 William of Norwich 1144 cult suppressed 69 Eric IX of Sweden 1161 70 Thomas Becket 1170 The most famous martyr of the Middle Ages 71 Berard of Carbio and companions 1220 Serapion of Algiers 1240 Buzad Hahot 1241 Peter of Verona 1252 by Cathars Canonized 11 months after his death the fastest in history Martyrs of Sandomierz 1260 Antonio Pavoni 1374 by Waldensians Tsar Lazar 1389 72 Nicholas Tavelic 1391 John of Nepomuk 1393 73 Jan Huss 1415 and Jerome of Prague 1416 executed for heresy by the Roman Catholic Council of Constance Joan of Arc 1431 French heroine 74 Girolamo Savonarola 1498Reformation Era 16th century EditThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed December 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message nbsp Dirk Willems etching from Martyrs Mirror nbsp Death of Cranmer from the 1887 Foxe s Book of MartyrsJan van Essen and Hendrik Vos 1523 burned at the stake early Lutheran martyrs Jan de Bakker 1525 burned at the stake Martyrs of Tlaxcala 1527 1529 Felix Manz 1527 Patrick Hamilton 1528 burned at the stake early Lutheran martyr George Blaurock 1529 Thomas More 1535 executed John Fisher 1535 75 William Tyndale 1535 Carthusian Martyrs 1535 1537 Arthur of Glastonbury 1539 Margaret Pole 1541 Juan de Padilla Spanish missionary to New Mexico 1542 Mannar Catholic martyrs 1544 Anne Askew 1546 George Wishart 1546 Luis de Cancer Spanish missionary to La Florida 1549 Lady Jane Grey 1554 Hugh Latimer 1555 Nicholas Ridley 1555 Rowland Taylor 1555 John Hooper 1555 John Rogers 1555 William Hunter 1555 Lawrence Saunders 1555 Thomas Cranmer 1556 Guido de Bres 1567 Dirk Willems 1569 The Fifty Two Martyrs of Brazil 1570 1571 including Inacio de Azevedo 1570 Pero Dias 1571 Martyrs of Gorkum 1572 including Andrew Wouters Nicholas Pieck John of Cologne Edmund Campion 1581 Margaret Ball 1584 The Forty Martyrs of England and Wales various datesModern Era 17th to 21st centuries EditThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources List of Christian martyrs news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message nbsp Feodosia Morozova an Old Believer being arrested by Czarist authorities nbsp An illustration depicts the brutal death of Father Luis Jayme by the hands of angry natives at Mission San Diego de Alcala in Alta California November 4 1775Martyrs of Japan 1597 1639 see also Kakure Kirishitan Francis Taylor 1621 Vietnamese Martyrs 1625 1886 Magdalene of Nagasaki 1634 Lorenzo Ruiz 1637 Canadian Martyrs North American Martyrs 1642 1649 Arthur Bell 1643 Martyrs of Natal 1645 including Andre de Soveral Ambrosio Francisco Ferro Mateus Moreira Isaac Jogues 1646 John de Britto 1647 1693 born in Portugal and beheaded in India Francis Ferdinand de Capillas 1648 missionary to China Diego Luis de San Vitores and Pedro Calungsod 1672 Feodosia Morozova 1675 Russian Old Believer Oliver Plunkett 1681 Archbishop of Armagh Felipe Songsong 1685 Salem Witch Trials 1692 Devasahayam Pillai 1712 1752 Constantin Brancoveanu 1714 Jean Pierre Aulneau Jean Baptiste de La Verendrye and 19 other voyageurs 1736 Vicente Liem de la Paz 1773 Luis Jayme Spanish missionary to Alta California 1775 Cosmas of Aetolia 1779 Francisco Garces Spanish missionary to Alta California 1781 Martyrs of Compiegne 1794 Andres Quintana Spanish missionary to Alta California 1812 Chinese Martyrs various Christian denominations 19th and 20th centuries Pedro Marieluz Garces 1825 Tarore 1836 Andrew Dung Lac 1839 Vietnamese Catholic Joseph Smith 1844 Hyrum Smith 1844 Korean Martyrs 1839 1846 1866 Peter Chanel 1841 Andrew Kim Taegon 1846 Marcus Whitman Narcissa Whitman and companions 1847 Lucy Yi Zhenmei one of the 19th century Chinese Catholic Martyrs 1862 Thomas Baker 1867 English missionary killed and eaten Fiji Martyrs of the Paris Commune 1871 Martyrs of Uganda 1885 1887 Victor Emilio Moscoso Cardenas 1897 Amandina of Schakkebroek 1900 Maria Goretti 1902 died defending herself from being raped Karolina Kozka 1914 Armenian Martyrs 1915 1923 76 Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna 1918 Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Family 1918 Nun Barbara Yakovleva 1918 James Coyle 1921 Gregory of Cydonia 1922 Manuel Gomez Gonzalez 1924 Adilio Daronch 1924 Saints of the Cristero War 1926 1927 including Miguel Pro 1927 Cristobal Magallanes Jara 1927 Mateo Correa Magallanes 1927 Toribio Romo Gonzalez 1928 Manche Masemola 1913 1928 Jose Sanchez del Rio 1928 Albertina Berkenbrock 1931 Innocencio of Mary Immaculate 1934 John and Betty Stam 1934 Antonia Mesina 1935 Bartolome Blanco Marquez 1936 Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War 1934 1936 1939 Alexander Hotovitzky 1937 Peter of Jesus Maldonado 1937 Paul Schneider pastor 1939 Martyrs of Songkhon 1940 Maximilian Kolbe 1941 murdered in Auschwitz Benigna Cardoso da Silva 1941 Edith Stein 1942 murdered in Auschwitz Gorazd 1942 Bishop of Prague Lucian Tapiedi 1942 Franz Jagerstatter 1943 Sophie Scholl 1921 1943 a devout Lutheran executed by the Nazis for her anti Nazi activism Maria Restituta Kafka 1943 Jozef and Wiktoria Ulma with Seven Children 1944 Giuseppe Beotti 1944 Anna Kolesarova 1944 Dusty Miller 1945 a Methodist layman killed as a P O W of the Japanese in Thailand during World War II Marcel Callo 1945 Dietrich Bonhoeffer 1945 Lutheran pastor and member of the German Resistance Rolando Rivi fourteen year old seminarian 1945 Peter To Rot 1945 Vincentas Borisevicius 1946 Martyrs of Albania 1945 1974 Theodore Romzha 1947 Ruthenian Eparch of Mukachevo Nykyta Budka 1949 Ukrainian Bishop of Canada died in Soviet gulag Beda Chang 1951 Alberto Hurtado 1952 Francis Xavier Ford 1952 Petro Pavlo Oros 1953 Mecislovas Reinys 1953 Martyrs of Laos 1954 1970 Zdenka Cecilia Schelingova 1955 Jim Elliot 1956 Nate Saint 1956 killed while attempting to evangelize the Waodani people Ed McCully 1956 Pete Fleming 1956 Roger Youderian 1956 Pierina Morosini 1957 Veronica Antal 1958 Esther John 1929 1960 Found Killed in Chichawatni commemorated at Westminster Abbey Marie Clementine Anuarite Nengapeta 1964 Wang Zhiming 1973 Chinese pastor publicly executed Martyrs of La Rioja 1976 Janani Jakaliya Luwum 1977 Archbishop of Uganda Abuna Theophilos 1979 Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Gudina Tumsa 1979 Ethiopian theologian oscar Romero 1980 Archbishop of San Salvador Ita Ford 1980 Maura Clarke 1980 Dorothy Kazel 1980 Jean Donovan 1980 Stanley Rother 1981 Isabel Cristina Mrad Campos 1982 77 Jerzy Popieluszko 1984 Santa Scorese 1991 Marta Obregon Rodriquez 1992 Lindalva Justo de Oliveira 1993 Martyrs of Algeria 1994 1996 Rani Maria Vattalil 1995 Graham Staines 1999 in India 78 Kosheh Martyrs 1998 2000 Egypt Maria Laura Mainetti 2000 Catholic nun murdered in a satanic ritual 79 Rufus Halley 2001 David Paget 2001 Martin Burnham 2002 Mary Stachowicz 2002 Dorothy Mae Stang 2005 80 Andrea Santoro 2006 Fabianus Tibo 2006 Leonella Sgorbati 2006 Ragheed Ganni and companions 2007 Paulos Faraj Rahho 2008 Chaldean Archeparch of Mosul Nicholas Pillai Pakiaranjith 2008 2008 Kandhamal violence 2008 Nag Hammadi martyrs Egypt 2010 Baghdad martyrs 2010 Luigi Padovese 2011 Shahbaz Bhatti 2011 Nigerian martyrs 2012 Frans van der Lugt 2014 Christians ن martyred by ISIL 2014 2019 21 Coptic Martyrs of Libya 2015 Akash Bashir 2015 Jacques Hamel Normandy 2016 Cairo martyrs 2016 Alexandria martyrs 2017 Sutherland Springs martyrs 2017 John Allen Chau 2018 Sri Lankan martyrs 2019 David Amess Essex 2021See also EditList of Christian women of the patristic age List of Christians killed during the Diocletian Persecution Unitarian martyrsReferences Edit Matthew 2 16 18 Matthew 14 1 12 Acts 7 54 60 Acts 12 1 2 Revelation 2 13 Lyons George Antiquities of the Jews Book XX Chapter 9 Retrieved 6 December 2016 Quintus Septimius Florens 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