for their faith. The early Christian period before Constantine I was the "Age of Martyrs". "Early Christians venerated martyrs as powerful intercessors...

This is a list of reputed martyrs of Christianity; it includes only notable people with Wikipedia articles. Not all Christian denominations accept every...

A martyr (Greek: μάρτυς, mártys, 'witness' stem μαρτυρ-, martyr-) is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing...

and Plato), in whose works he was well studied, as unknowing Christians. Justin was martyred, along with some of his students, and is venerated as a saint...

all a reliable index of the sufferings of the Christians as a whole". Acts of the Martyrs Christian martyrs Damnatio ad bestias Hellenistic religion Interpretatio...

 Geṓrgios; died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was an early Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to tradition...

former times, was little known. An obscure Christian martyr Severianus was, about the year AD 300, martyred in the following way, according to one tale:...

c. AD 5 – c. 34) is traditionally venerated as the protomartyr or first martyr of Christianity. According to the Acts of the Apostles, he was a deacon...

have led to her being remembered by groups of evangelical Christians as a Christian martyr. She was posthumously the subject and co-writer of several...

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...