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200–205 · Early Church

Basilides and Potamiaena (also Potamiana) were Christian martyrs now venerated as saints. Both died in Alexandria during the persecutions under Septimius Severus. Potamiana (died c. 205 AD), is venerated as a Christian saint and martyr.

300–360 · Early Church

Potamius (Greek: Ποτάμιος, fl. 343–360 AD), also known as Potamius of Lisbon, was the first recorded bishop of the city of Lisbon. He was possibly born in Lisbon, given that Iberian communities at the time usually chose their own citizens as bishops.

250–300 · Early Church

Saints Savinian and Potentian (French: Savinien et Potenti(e)n) (d. 390) are martyrs commemorated as the patron saints and founders of the diocese of Sens, France. Savinian should not be confused with another early French martyr, Sabinian of Troyes.

145–160 · Early Church

Potitus (died around 160) was an early Christian martyr, venerated as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church on 14 January (or 13 January in the pre-2003 Roman Martyrology).

100–165 · Early Church

Saint Praxedes (d. 165), called "a Roman maiden", was a saint and virgin who lived in the Roman Empire during the 2nd century. Along with her sister, Saint Pudentiana, she provided for the poor and gave care and comfort to persecuted Christians and martyrs.

300–303 · Early Church

Saint Primianus or Primianus of Larino (Italian: San Primiano or Primiano Martire) (d. 15 May 303 or 304) is the patron saint of Lesina, Apulia, in Italy. He is also joint patron saint, with Saint Pardus, of Larino in the province of Campobasso.

138 · Early Church

Primitivus was the son of Getulius and died in Tivoli in 138. He is recognized as a Catholic saint.

301–305 · Early Church

Saint Primo was a citizen of Ancient Rome born in 301. He died in 305.

100 · Early Church

Priscus of Capua was a presbyter and bishop in Ancient Rome. He died in 100 and is venerated as a saint.

201–300 · Early Church

Priscus of Nocera (Nuceria Alfaterna, 3rd century – Nuceria Alfaterna, 3rd century) was the first bishop of Nocera, patron saint of the city of Nocera Inferiore and of the diocese of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno.

201–300 · Early Church

Privat of Mende is a saint of the Catholic Church, likely born near Clermont, who is believed to have died around 255 or 260. He is known for his martyrdom on the slopes of Mount Mimat in Mende, in the Gévaudan region.

200 · Early Church

Andronicus, Probus and Tarachus (Greek: Άνδρόνικος, Πρόβος καί Ταράχος) were martyrs of the Diocletian persecution (about 304). According to tradition, Tarachus was beaten with stones.

100–100 · Early Church

Prochorus (Greek: Πρόχορος, Prochoros) was one of the Seven Deacons chosen to care for the poor of the Christian community in Jerusalem (Acts 6:5). According to holy tradition, he was also one of the Seventy Disciples sent out by Jesus in Luke 10.

390–446 · Early Church

Proclus of Constantinople (Greek: Πρόκλος; c. 390 – 24 July 446) was the Archbishop of Constantinople from 434 until his death. Renowned for his homiletic abilities, Proclus played a central role in the Nestorian controversy.

250–303 · Early Church

Procopius of Scythopolis (Greek: Προκόπιος ὁ Σκυθοπολίτης; died 7 July AD 303) was a 4th century martyr who is venerated as a saint. He was a reader and exorcist in the church at Scythopolis; he also was famous as an ascetic and erudite theologian.

250–305 · Early Church

Saint Proculus (Proclus) of Pozzuoli (Italian: San Procolo) was martyred around 305 AD, according to Christian tradition, at the same time as Saint Januarius. He was martyred with: These seven martyrs are first mentioned in relation to the life of Saint Januarius.

201–304 · Early Church

Saint Proculus of Bologna or Saint Proculus the Soldier (died c. 304 AD) is an Italian saint. He is said to have been a Roman officer who was martyred at Bologna under Diocletian. Saint Proculus is a patron of Bologna. There are two distinct legends.

300–320 · Early Church

Saint Proculus (Italian: San Procolo) (died c. 320 AD) was a bishop of Verona who survived the persecutions of Diocletian. He died of natural causes at Verona. He is commemorated on December 9.

100–100 · Early Church

Prosdocimus (Prosdecimus) of Padua (Italian: Prosdocimo, German: Prosdozimus) (d. November 7, ca. 100 AD) is venerated as the first bishop of Padua. He evangelized the region and is said to have founded the parish church at Isola Vicentina.

390–463 · Early Church

Prosper of Aquitaine (Latin: Prosper Aquitanus; c. 390 – c. 455 AD), also called Prosper Tiro, was a Christian writer and disciple of Augustine of Hippo, and the first continuator of Jerome's Universal Chronicle.

466 · Early Church

Prosper of Reggio (Italian: San Prospero; died 25 June c. 466) is an Italian saint. Tradition holds that he was a bishop of Reggio Emilia for twenty-two years. Little is known of his life, but documents attest that he was indeed bishop of Reggio Emilia in the fifth century.

304 · Early Church

Prosperus was a Roman military official who was born and died in Rome. He died in 304 and is recognized as a saint.

250–344 · Early Church

Protasius (Italian: Protaso) was Archbishop of Milan. He is honored as a saint in the Catholic Church, with his feast day celebrated on 24 November, the day of his death. Almost nothing is known about the life of Protasius.

400–457 · Early Church

Pope Proterius of Alexandria (died 457) was Patriarch of Alexandria from 451 to 457. He had been appointed by the Council of Chalcedon to replace the deposed Dioscorus. He regarded as hieromartyr by the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church.

250–257 · Early Church

Prudent de Narbonne (Latin: Prudentius, died c. 257) was a Christian deacon who was martyred in Narbonne in what is now France in the 3rd century. He is venerated by the Catholic Church as a saint. His relics are said to have effected various miracles.

200 · Early Church

Saint Publius (Maltese: San Publiju; Ancient Greek: Πούπλιος), also known as Publius of Malta or Publius of Athens, was an early Christian bishop and saint. He is considered the first Bishop of Malta and one of the first Bishops of Athens.

100–200 · Early Church

Pudentiana is a virgin and martyr of the 2nd century who refused to worship the Roman Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Antoninus Pius as deities. She is sometimes locally known as "Potentiana" and is often coupled with her sister, Praxedes the martyress.

399–453 · Early Church

Aelia Pulcheria was an Eastern Roman empress who advised her brother, the emperor Theodosius II, during his minority and then became wife to emperor Marcian from November 450 to her death in 453.

300–258 · Early Church

In addition to Quadratus of Athens (one of the Seventy Disciples), there are several Christian saints with the name Quadratus (sometimes spelled Codratus, Kodratus, Ancient Greek: Κοδρᾶτος): Quadratus of Africa was martyred in Africa Proconsularis on an unknown date.

100–129 · Early Church

Quadratus of Athens (Ancient Greek: Κοδρᾶτος; fl. 2nd century) was an early Christian apologist, traditionally regarded as a disciple of the Apostles and one of the Seventy Disciples.

235 · Early Church

Quiriacus was Bishop of Ostia, and suffered martyrdom during the reign of Emperor Severus Alexander. Quiriacus was martyred along with Maximus, his priest, and Archelaus, a deacon.

350 · Early Church

Quiriacus of Trier was born in Aquitaine and served as a Catholic priest and bishop. He died in Trier in 350 and is a canonized saint.

100–116 · Early Church

Quirinus of Neuss (German: Quirin, Quirinus), sometimes called Quirinus of Rome (which is the name shared by another martyr) is venerated as a martyr and saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic church..

300–309 · Early Church

Quirinus (Croatian: Kvirin) (died 309 AD) is venerated as an early bishop of Sescia, now Sisak in Croatia. He is mentioned by Eusebius of Caesarea.

250–270 · Early Church

Quirinus of Tegernsee, or Quirinus of Rome (not to be confused with Quirinus of Neuss, also sometimes called Quirinus of Rome), is venerated as a martyr and saint of the third century. According to one tradition, he was beheaded during the reign of Claudius Gothicus (268-70).

200–477 · Early Church

St. Quiteria was a fifth-century saint and virgin martyr about whom little is certain except her name, the date, place, and cause of her death, and existence of her cult. She is listed under the date of 22 May in the Roman Martyrology.

400–454 · Early Church

Quodvultdeus (Latin for "what God wills", died c. 450 AD) was a fifth-century Church Father and Bishop of Carthage who was exiled to Naples. He was known to have been living in Carthage around 407 and became a deacon in 421 AD.

457 · Early Church

Razhden (Georgian: რაჟდენი, romanized: razhdeni, also transliterated as Ražden or Rajden; died c. 457) was a 5th-century Persian nobleman in the service of the Georgian king Vakhtang I of Iberia and a convert to Christianity who was executed by the Sassanid military in Iberia.

237–253 · Early Church

Saint Regina (Regnia, French: Sainte Reine) (3rd century) was a virgin martyr and saint of the pre-schism Christian Church. Regina was born in Autun, France, to a pagan named Clement. Her mother died at her birth and her father placed her with a Christian nurse who baptized her.

200–304 · Early Church

Restituta (Restituta of Africa; died in AD 255 or 304) is a Berber saint and martyr of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. She was said to have been born in Carthage or Teniza (presently Ras Djebel, Tunisia) and martyred under Roman Emperor Diocletian.

275 · Early Church

Saint Restituta of Sora (Rome, ... – Sora, 275), according to tradition, was a Roman noblewoman who was tortured and beheaded near Carnarium, the present-day Carnello (Sora).

373 · Early Church

Saint Restitutus was born in 373 and served as the bishop of Carthage. He died in Carthage and is recognized as a Christian saint.

300–400 · Early Church

Restitutus of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux (born in Israel, uncertain; died 4th century in Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux) was a saint of the Roman Catholic Church.

250–334 · Early Church

Saint Reticius (or Rheticus, Rheticius) (French: Saint Rhétice) (early 4th century) was a bishop of Autun, the first one known to history, according to the Catholic Encyclopedia.

250–273 · Early Church

Saint Reverianus of Autun (French: Révérien, Rirand, also Revenerius, Rivianus, Reverentianus, Reveriano, Reverie) (died June 1, 273 AD) was a 3rd-century bishop of Autun and martyr. He is venerated as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.

300–301 · Early Church

Hripsime (Armenian: Հռիփսիմէ; died c. 290) was a martyr of Roman origin. The story of her martyrdom is connected with the traditional account of the Christianization of Armenia. She and her companions in martyrdom are venerated as some of the first Christian martyrs of Armenia.

260 · Early Church

Rembert Regulus (Rieul) of Senlis (died 260) was the first bishop of Senlis. His feast day is March 30. Rieul de Senlis was perhaps one of the companions of Denis of Paris and Lucian of Beauvais who would have evangelized Senlis in the Oise.

300 · Early Church

Saint Righteous Gelena was the daughter of Septimius Severus. She died in 300.

200–258 · Early Church

Saint Romanus Ostiarius is a saint of the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church. His legend states that he was a soldier who converted to Christianity by the example of Saint Lawrence, who baptized Romanus after the soldier was imprisoned.

201–303 · Early Church

Romanus of Caesarea (Greek: Ρωμανός), also known as Romanus of Antioch or Raymond, is a Christian martyr and saint. A deacon of Caesarea, he was martyred at Antioch.