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had become a fire, devouring hundreds of faithful Christians |
ad 249 |
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a proto-martyr who was stoned to death |
Martyrdom of Stephen |
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Son of zebedee he was beheaded. |
The Martyrdom of James the great |
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54 AD he was crucified. |
Martyrdom of Philip |
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60 AD – he was killed with a halberd. |
The Martyrdom of Matthew |
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as the first great official persecution of Christians by the Roman government. |
Emperor Nero |
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In this particular year a mysterious fire incidence took place in Rome, the worst experienced by the empire |
64 AD the burning of rome |
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he “ordered the destruction of church buildings, the burning of the scriptures, the closing of church meetings, and the imprisonment of Christians |
Emperor Deocletian |
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He decreed freedom of worship in the empire. |
EmperorConstantine |
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Martyrdom of the Twelve Apostles |
James,Matthias,Paul,Bartholomew,Jude,Andrew,Thomas,John,Peter,Luke,Simon,Mark |
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A martyrdom that he was devoured by lions in theCircus Maximus |
The Martyrdom of Ignatius of Antioch |
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issued by Constantine the Great in 312 AD ended three centuries of persecution and granted permanent freedom to the Church |
The edict of Milan |
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defended in writing the Christian religion against the attacks and misunderstandings of the pagans. He was beheaded in Rome. |
Justin the apologists |
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refused torenounce their Christian faith despite threats of persecution and death. They were sent to thepublic games in the amphitheater. There, they were beheaded. |
Perpetua and fecility of carthage |
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he was led into the crowded Smyrna stadium to be burned alive. The flames did not harm him and he was finally killed by a dagger. The centurion ordered the saint’s body burned |
Polycarp |
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she was a virgin-martyr of the early Church. She was martyred in Sicily during the persecution of Emperor Decius |
Martyrdom of Agatha |
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he was delivered to archers to be shot to death |
St.Sebastian |
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he was roasted to death. |
St.Lawrence |
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304 AD – she was beheaded. |
The Martyrdom of St. Agnes, |
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he was stoned and beheaded. |
Matthias |
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son of Alphaeus – he was beaten to death with a club after being crucified and stoned. |
James |
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Peter’s brother – they were crucified. |
Jude And Andrew |
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he was dragged in the streets of Alexandria then beheaded |
Mark |
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he was crucified upside-down |
Peter |
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Used by christians to bury their dead in the walls |
Catacombs |
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He issued an edict requiring all citizens to offersacrifices to the Roman gods, and to obtain a certificateattesting to their compliance. Those who refused weresubject to arrest and punishment, including torture anddeath. |
Emperor Decius |
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He continued the persecution of Christians orderedby Diocletian and issued several edicts ordering theimprisonment and torture of Christian leaders. |
Emperor Galerius |
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The Martyrdom who was crucified |
Simon the Zealot |
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The Martyrdom who was crucified |
Simon the Zealot |
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The Martyrdom who was killed by a spear in India |
Thomas – |
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The Martyrdom who he was hanged |
Luke |
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was the only Apostle who was not martyred |
John The evangelist |
