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List of Christian martyrs
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{{Short description|None}}File:Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Choir - The beheading of St. Paul.jpg|thumb|Martyrdom of St. Paul by 349x349px{{Dynamic list}}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 Christianâsee 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 denominations.- the content below is remote from Wikipedia
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Apostolic Ageâ1st century
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- Martyrdom of Saint Stephen by Giovanni Andrea De Ferrari (1598-1669), undated, oil on copper - Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti - DSC02144.JPG -
Martyrdom of Saint Stephen by Giovanni Andrea de Ferrari (1598-1669)
- Martyrdom of Saint Stephen by Giovanni Andrea De Ferrari (1598-1669), undated, oil on copper - Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti - DSC02144.JPG -
Martyrdom of Saint Stephen by Giovanni Andrea de Ferrari (1598-1669)
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The crucifixion of Saint Peter by Caravaggio (1601)
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The crucifixion of Saint Peter by Caravaggio (1601)
According to the Gospels and Acts of the Apostles
- Holy Innocents of Bethlehem{{bibleverse|Matthew|2:16-18}}
- John the Baptist{{bibleverse|Matthew|14:1-12}}
- Stephen (Protomartyr) {{bibleverse|Acts|7:54-60}}
- James, son of Zebedee{{bibleverse|Acts|12:1-2}}
- Antipas{{bibleverse|Revelation|2:13}}
According to early sources
- James, brother of JesusBOOK, Lyons, George, Antiquities of the Jews - Book XX, Chapter 9,weblink 6 December 2016, - attested by Josephus ca. AD 94
- Simon Peter, first attested by Tertullian about AD 200WEB, Quintus Septimius Florens, Tertullian, Prescription Against Heretics Chapter XXXVI,weblink ccel.org, 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."
- Paul the Apostle, first attested by Ignatius of Antioch probably about AD 110Ignatius of Antioch, Letter to the Ephesians, Chapter XII
According to tradition
- Andrew the ApostleThe 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.
- Matthew the ApostleWEB,weblink CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Matthew, - not attested by contemporary sources
- Philip the Apostle - conflicting accountsWEB,weblink Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 8, 14 March 2007, Christian Classics Ethereal Library, Schaff, Philip, 1885,
- Thomas the ApostleBOOK, Farmer, David, The Oxford Dictionary of Saints, Fifth Edition Revised, 2011, Oxford University Press, 418, 978-0199596607,
- Jude ThaddeusWEB,weblink CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Apocrypha,
- Bartholomew - conflicting accountsWEB,weblink CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Bartholomew,
- BarnabasBOOK, Cross, Frank Leslie, Livingstone, Elizabeth A., The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church,weblink 2005, Oxford University Press, 160, 978-0-19-280290-3,
- Simon Zelotes - contradictory late traditions.WEB,weblink Saint Simon the Apostle, Jones, Terry H, 6 January 2009, Saints.SQPN.com, 29 March 2010, WEB,weblink St. Simon of Zealot, Catholic Online, 29 March 2010,
- Mark the EvangelistPope Shenouda III. The Beholder of God Mark the Evangelist Saint and Martyr, Chapter Seven. Tasbeha.org
- TimothyWEB,weblink CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Epistles to Timothy and Titus, - not attested by contemporary sources
- PhilemonWEB,weblink CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Philemon, - not attested by contemporary sources
Age of Martyrdomâ2nd to 4th centuries
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The martyrdom of St. Alban
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The martyrdom of St. Alban
According to early Christian tradition
With some historical attestation within a hundred years of the event
- Polycarp of SmyrnaHenry Wace, Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of the Principal Sects and Heresies, s.v. "Polycarpus, bishop of Smyrna".
- Justin MartyrLebreton, J. (1910). St. Justin Martyr. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
- Scillitan MartyrsSmith, Clyde Curry. "Speratus", Dictionary of African Christian Biography, 2004
- Perpetua and FelicityFoley O.F.M., Leonard. Saint of the Day, (revised by Pat McCloskey O.F.M.), Franciscan Media {{ISBN|978-0-86716-887-7}}
- Ptolemaeus and LuciusLatin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome
- Pothinus, bishop of Lyon, with Blandina and several others, the "Martyrs of Lyon and Vienne"Whitehead, Kenneth D. "Witnesses of the Passion", Touchstone Magazine"The Letter of the Churchs of Vienna and Lyons to the Churches of Asia and Phrygia", Medieval Sourcebook, Fordham University
- Pope Fabian{{CathEncy|wstitle= Pope St. Fabian |volume= 5 |last= Meier |first= P. Gabriel |author-link= |short=1 }}
- SebastianBOOK, Fr. Paolo O. Pirlo, SHMI, My First Book of Saints, 1997, Sons of Holy Mary Immaculate - Quality Catholic Publications, 971-91595-4-5, 22â23, St. Sebastian,
- Shmona and GuryaBOOK, Millar, Fergus, The Roman Near East, 31 B.C.-A.D. 337, 1993, Harvard University Press, 978-0-674-77886-3,
- Agnes of RomeWEB,weblink NPNF210. Ambrose: Selected Works and Letters - Christian Classics Ethereal Library, Ccel.org, 2005-06-01, 2009-01-21,
- Felix and AdauctusWEB, Sts. Felix and Adauctus,weblink Catholic Encyclopedia, 21 December 2016,
- Marcellinus and PeterWEB,weblink Amore, Agostino, Santi Marcellino e Pietro, 5 Nov 2008, Santi e Beati, January 9, 2009,
- Forty Martyrs of SebasteHomilies xix in P.G., XXXI, 507 sqq.
- Euphemia"St. Euphemia the All-Praised", Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese
- CyprianChapman, John. "St. Cyprian of Carthage." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. 15 Jan. 2013
With some historical attestation more than a hundred years after the event
- AlbanWEB, Bede, Ecclesiastical History of the English People,weblink Internet History Sourcebook, Fordham University, 3 November 2013,
- Ignatius of AntiochChronicle, from the Latin translation of Jerome, p. 276.
- GelasinusBOOK, Butler, Alban, 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, 1799, J. Moir for J. P. Coghlan, Edinburgh, 3rd,
- PancrasHubertus Drobner, Der heilige Pankratius: Leben, Legende und Verehrung 2nd rev. ed. 2005.
- Valentine"XVI kalendas Martii Interamnae Via Flaminia miliario ab Urbe Roma LXIII natale Valentini." In J. B. de Rossi, p. 20 (XVI KL. MAR.). See also M. Schoepflin, p. 40: "the original text".
- Benedict of MonacilioniWEB,weblink Santa Benedetta Monacilioni,
- Petronilla{{CathEncy|wstitle= St. Petronilla |volume= 11 |last= Kirsch |first= Johann Peter |author-link= Johann Peter Kirsch |short=1 }}
Largely or wholly legendary
- AfraKirsch, Johann Peter. "St. Afra." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 12 Apr. 2013
- GeorgeBOOK, Attwater, Donald, Dictionary of Saints, 1995, 1965, London, Penguin Reference, Third,
- JanuariusCATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA, St. Januarius, Herbert Thurston,
- PhilomenaWEB, St. Philomena,weblink Catholic Encyclopedia,
- Vincent of SaragossaMershman, Francis. "St. Vincent." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 12 Feb. 2015
- BehnamTwo thousand years of Coptic Christianity, Otto Friedrich August Meinardus
- LucyWEB,weblink CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Lucy,
- WilgefortisWEB, Wilgefortis,weblink Catholic Encyclopedia,
- Lawrence of RomeWEB,weblink Kirsch, Johann Peter. "St. Lawrence." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 9 February 2013,
- CeciliaKirsch, Johann Peter. "St. Cecilia", The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. 24 April 2013.
- Catherine of AlexandriaWEB,weblink Clugnet, Léon. "St. Catherine of Alexandria." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. 1 May 2013, Newadvent.org, 1908-11-01, 2013-08-26,
- Vitus the Martyr{{CathEncy|wstitle= Sts. Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia |volume= 15 |last= Kirsch |first= Johann Peter |author-link= Johann Peter Kirsch |short=1 }}
- Pelagia of Tarsus{{CathEncy|wstitle= Pelagia |volume= 11 |last= Kirsch |first= Johann Peter |author-link= Johann Peter Kirsch |short=1 }}
- Sophia the Martyr and her three daughters Faith, Hope and CharityWEB, Saint Sophia,weblink Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America,
Middle Agesâ5th to 15th-centuries
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- Lorenzo Lotto - Madonna and Child with St Peter Martyr - WGA13648.jpg -
Madonna and Child with St Peter Martyr, by Lorenzo Lotto
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Madonna and Child with St Peter Martyr, by Lorenzo Lotto
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Joan of Arc being burned at the stake, by Jules-Eugène Lenepveu
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Joan of Arc being burned at the stake, by Jules-Eugène Lenepveu
- Tewdrig, 6th c.{{CathEncy|wstitle= Tewdrig |volume= 14 |last= Löffler |first= Klemens |author-link= |short=1 }}
- Boethius, 6th c. WEB,weblink Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, October 1, 2023, iep.utm.edu,
- Sigismund of Burgundy, 524 WEB,weblink British Museum, October 1, 2023, BritishMuseum.org,
- Edwin of Northumbria, 633 in the Battle of Hatfield ChaseWEB,weblink Catholic Encyclopedia, October 2, 2023, newadvent.org,
- Oswald of Northumbria, 642 in the Battle of MaserfieldWEB,weblink Historic UK, October 2, 2023, Historic-UK.com,
- Projectus of Clermont, 676
- Warinus of Poitiers, 677
- Dagobert II of the Franks, 676WEB,weblink Encyclopedia Britannica, October 4, 2023, britannica.com,
- Kilian, Colman, and Totnan, 689WEB,weblink Encyclopedia Britannica, October 4, 2023, Britannica.com,
- Fructus, Valentine & Engratia of Segovia, {{Circa|715}}
- Theofrid of Orange, 728/-32 by Saracens
- Porcarius of Lérins, {{Circa|732}} by Saracens
- Boniface, 754.{{CathEncy|wstitle= St. Boniface |volume= 2 |last= Mershman |first= Francis |author-link= |short=1 }}
- Ãthelberht 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.{{CathEncy|wstitle= St. Edmund the Martyr |volume= 5 |last= Phillips |first= George Edward |author-link= |short=1 }}
- Ludmila of Bohemia, 921
- Wiborada of St. Gall, 921 by Magyars
- Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, 935
- King Edward the Martyr, 979.{{CathEncy|wstitle= St. Edward the Martyr |volume= 5 |last= Phillips |first= George Edward |author-link= |short=1 }}
- Adalbert of Prague, 997 by Old Prussians
- Bruno of Querfurt, 1009
- Jovan Vladimir, 1014
- Olaf II of Norway, 1030 in the Battle of StiklestadWEB,weblink Encyclopedia Britannica, October 2, 2023, Britannica.com,
- Gerard of Csanád, 1046
- Stanislaus of Szczepanów, 1079
- Canute IV of Denmark, 1086
- Magnus Erlendsson of Orkney, 1117
- William of Norwich, 1144 (cult suppressed)WEB,weblink Catholic Encyclopedia, October 4, 2023, newadvent.org,
- Eric IX of Sweden, 1161WEB,weblink Encyclopedia Britannica, October 4, 2023, britannica.com,
- Thomas Becket, 1170 - The most famous martyr of the Middle Ages.WEB,weblink Catholic Encyclopedia, October 2, 2023, newadvent.org,
- Berard of Carbio and companions, 1220
- Serapion of Algiers, 1240
- Buzád Hahót, 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, 1389WEB,weblink Russian Orthodox Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist, October 4, 2023, stjohndc.org,
- Nicholas Tavelic, 1391
- John of Nepomuk, 1393WEB,weblink Catholic Encyclopedia, October 4, 2023, newadvent.org,
- Jan Huss (1415) and Jerome of Prague (1416) - executed for heresy by the Roman Catholic Council of Constance
- Joan of Arc, 1431, French heroineSaint Joan of Arc Virgin, Martyr (1412-1431)
- Girolamo Savonarola, 1498
Reformation Eraâ16th century
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Dirk Willems etching from Martyrs Mirror
File:Joseph Martin Kronheim - Foxe's Book of Martyrs Plate VII - Death of Cranmer.jpg|thumb|250x350px|"Death of Cranmer", from the 1887 Foxe's Book of MartyrsFoxe's Book of Martyrs - Dirk.willems.rescue.ncs.jpg -
Dirk Willems etching from Martyrs Mirror
- Jan 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, 1535WEB,weblink Encyclopedia Britannica, October 2, 2023, Britannica.com,
- William Tyndale, 1535
- Carthusian Martyrs, 1535â1537
- 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:
- Inácio de Azevedo, 1570
- (:pt:Pero Dias (padre)|Pero Dias), 1571
- Martyrs of Gorkum, 1572, including:
- Edmund Campion, 1581
- Margaret Ball, 1584
- The Forty Martyrs of England and Wales, various dates
Modern Eraâ17th to 21st centuries
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Feodosia Morozova, an Old Believer being arrested by Czarist authorities
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Feodosia Morozova, an Old Believer being arrested by Czarist authorities
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An illustration depicts the brutal death of Father LuÃs Jayme by the hands of angry natives at Mission San Diego de Alcalá in Alta California, November 4, 1775
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An illustration depicts the brutal death of Father LuÃs Jayme by the hands of angry natives at Mission San Diego de Alcalá in Alta California, November 4, 1775
- Martyrs 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, 1642â1649
- Arthur Bell, 1643
- Martyrs of Natal 1645, including:
- Isaac Jogues, 1646
- John de Britto, 1647â1693, 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 Brâncoveanu, 1714
- Jean-Pierre Aulneau, Jean Baptiste de La Vérendrye, and 19 other voyageurs, 1736
- Vicente Liem de la Paz, 1773
- LuÃs Jayme, Spanish missionary to Alta California, 1775
- Cosmas of Aetolia, 1779
- Francisco Garcés, Spanish missionary to Alta California, 1781
- Martyrs of Compiegne, 1794
- Andrés Quintana, Spanish missionary to Alta California, 1812
- Chinese Martyrs (various Christian denominations), 19th and 20th centuries
- Pedro Marieluz Garces, 1825
- TÄrore, 1836
- Andrew Dung-Lac, 1839, Vietnamese Catholic
- Joseph Smith, 1844WEB, Weimer, Adiran Chastain, February 27, 2017, Barton, John, Martyrdom and Religion in North America,weblink Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion, Oxford University Press, 10.1093/acrefore/9780199340378.013.433, none, .
- 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, 1885â1887
- Victor Emilio Moscoso Cárdenas, 1897
- Amandina of Schakkebroek, 1900
- Maria Goretti, 1902, died defending herself from being raped
- Karolina Kózka, 1914
- Armenian Martyrs, 1915-1923WEB, Ghazanchyan, Siranush, Canonization of the Martyrs of the Armenian Genocide: Message of His Holiness Karekin II,weblink Public Radio of Armenia, 28 September 2018,
- 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 Gómez González, 1924
- AdÃlio Daronch, 1924
- Saints of the Cristero War 1926â1927, including:
- Miguel Pro, 1927
- Cristóbal Magallanes Jara, 1927
- Mateo Correa Magallanes, 1927
- Toribio Romo González, 1928
- Manche Masemola, 1913â1928
- José Sánchez del RÃo 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, 1936â1939
- 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 Jägerstätter, 1943
- Sophie Scholl, 1921-1943, a devout Lutheran executed by the Nazis for her anti-Nazi activism
- Maria Restituta Kafka, 1943
- Józef and Wiktoria Ulma with Seven Children, 1944
- Giuseppe Beotti, 1944
- Anna Kolesárová, 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 BoriseviÄius, 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
- MeÄislovas Reinys, 1953
- Martyrs of Laos, 1954-1970
- Zdenka Cecilia Schelingová, 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 1929â1960, Found Killed in Chichawatni commemorated at Westminster Abbey.
- Marie-Clémentine Anuarite Nengapeta, 1964
- Martin Luther King Jr., Baptist minister, theologian, civil rights leader, 1968
- 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
- Ãscar 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, 1982Pope prays new 20-year-old blessed will inspire young people
- Jerzy PopieÅuszko, 1984
- Santa Scorese, 1991
- Marta Obregón RodrÃquez, 1992
- Lindalva Justo de Oliveira, 1993
- Martyrs of Algeria, 1994-1996
- Rani Maria Vattalil, 1995
- 19 martyrs of Algeria, 1996
- Graham Staines, 1999, in IndiaNEWS,weblink Baripada Journal; Forgiving Her Family's Killers, but Not Their Sins, The New York Times, 3 September 1999, Bearak, Barry,
- Kosheh Martyrs, 1998â2000, Egypt
- Maria Laura Mainetti, 2000, Catholic nun murdered in a satanic ritualPope Francis declares Catholic sister killed in Satanic ritual a martyr
- Rufus Halley, 2001
- David Paget, 2001
- Martin Burnham, 2002
- Mary Stachowicz, 2002
- Dorothy Mae Stang, 2005Sister Dorothy Stang: a martyr for Godâs poor and Godâs creation
- 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 (Ù) 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
- Owo martyrs, 2022
- Plateau martyrs, 2023
See also
- List of Christian women of the patristic age
- List of Christians killed during the Diocletian Persecution
- Unitarian martyrs
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