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==Early Christian Martyrs== | ==Early Christian Martyrs== | ||
* [[Stephen]] | Christian traditions record a large number of "martyrs" of the new faith. The whereabouts, and even the existence, of many of them cannot be verified historically as narratives about their martyrdom often developed only in much later times. Here is a list of the major martyrs whom Christian traditions locate in the first two centuries of the Common Era. | ||
* [[Stephen]], the first Christian martyr. | |||
* [[Andrew]] | * [[Andrew]] | ||
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* [[Aphrodisius]] | * [[Aphrodisius]] | ||
* [[Barnabas]] | * [[Barnabas]] | ||
* [[Caecilius of Elvira]] | |||
* [[Clateus of Brescia]] | |||
* [[Peter]] | * [[Peter]] | ||
* [[Paul of Tarsus]] | * [[Paul of Tarsus]] | ||
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* [[Apollinaris of Ravenna]] | * [[Apollinaris of Ravenna]] | ||
====Under [[Domitian]] ==== | |||
* [[Flavius Clement]], husband of [[Flavia Domitilla]] | |||
====Under [[Trajan]] (98-117 CE) ==== | ====Under [[Trajan]] (98-117 CE) ==== | ||
* [[Augusta of Treviso]] (around 100 CE) | * [[Augusta of Treviso]] (around 100 CE) | ||
* [[Clement of Rome]] (around 100 CE) | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 08:13, 5 January 2016
Martyrdom / Martyrs
Overview
Pro-Martyrs
Early Jewish Martyrs
Early Christian Martyrs
Christian traditions record a large number of "martyrs" of the new faith. The whereabouts, and even the existence, of many of them cannot be verified historically as narratives about their martyrdom often developed only in much later times. Here is a list of the major martyrs whom Christian traditions locate in the first two centuries of the Common Era.
Under Nero (54-68 CE)
- Aphrodisius
- Barnabas
- Caecilius of Elvira
- Clateus of Brescia
- Peter
- Paul of Tarsus
- Torpes of Pisa (San Torpete, Saint Tropez, Апо́стол Трофи́м)
Under Vespasian (69-79 CE)
Under Domitian
- Flavius Clement, husband of Flavia Domitilla
Under Trajan (98-117 CE)
- Augusta of Treviso (around 100 CE)
- Clement of Rome (around 100 CE)
References
- Martyrdom / Jan Willem van Henten / In: The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism (2010 Collins / Harlow), edited volume, 917-919
External links
Pages in category "Martyrdom (subject)"
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