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400 · Early Church

St. Darius (or Dario) is a saint of the Oriental Orthodox Churches, the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church. His feast day is celebrated October 21 (or December 19 in the Catholic Church).

379 · Early Church

Domnin (died 5 November 379) was the first Bishop of Digne, from 364 to 379 and was also the archbishop of the city of Vienne, Isère. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.

300–304 · Early Church

Saint Domnius (also known as Saint Dujam or Saint Duje, Saint Domnio, Saint Doimus, or Saint Domninus) was a Bishop of Salona (today's Solin) around the year 300, and is venerated as the patron of the nearby city of Split in modern Croatia.

100 · Early Church

Donata was a Roman martyr. Her feast day is December 31. Saint Donata, along with Saints Hilaria, Nomiflanda, Paulina, Rustica, Rogata, Dominanda, Serotina, and Saturnina, were martyred in Rome.

140–173 · Early Church

Donatus of Muenstereifel is a catacomb saint whose relics are found in the Jesuit church in Bad Muenstereifel. He is widely venerated in the Rhine valley region of Germany and the Low Countries, and he is a patron saint of Buda and of protection against lightning.

1 · Early Church

Saint Eigen, also spelled Eurgen, Eurgain or Eurgan, was the legendary, and possibly historical first female Christian saint among the Britons.

250–304 · Early Church

Saint Emmanuel (died c. 304), was arrested and executed at Sirmium, in what is now Serbia, with 42 other martyrs, including Quadratus (Codratus) and Theodocius, in 304 as part of Diocletian's persecution of the Christians. Their feast day is 26 March.

252 · Early Church

Epimachus of Alexandria was a Roman martyr who died in 250 during the Decian persecution. He and his companions—Alexander, Ammonarion, Mercuria, Dionysia and other women—were beheaded at Alexandria. They are commemorated on 12 December.

250 · Early Church

Saint Estelle was an alleged third-century martyr in Gaul, daughter of an illustrious Roman and descended from a powerful family of Druids. She was attracted to the group of Eutropius of Saintes, who was the first bishop of the area, and asked to be baptized.

362 · Early Church

Eucharius, or Eucaire, is a 4th-century saint from Lorraine who was martyred in Pompey, France. This itinerant bishop bears the prestigious name of the first bishop of Trier, who served around 250.

400–399 · Early Church

Fabiola (Italian: Santa Fabiola, also known as Fabiola of Rome) was a physician and Roman matron of rank of the company of noble Roman women who, under the influence of the Church Father Jerome, gave up all earthly pleasures and devoted herself to the practice of Christian asceti…

250–303 · Early Church

Fabius (born on Mauretania, died 303 or 304 in Mauretania Caesariensis, nowadays Cherchell, Algeria) was a martyr of the Roman Empire from the ancient Mauretania, venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church.

290–303 · Early Church

Saint Faith, Saint Faith of Conques or Saint Faith of Agen (Latin: Sancta Fides; French: Sainte Foy; Spanish: Santa Fe) is a saint who is said to have been a girl or young woman of Agen in Aquitaine.

200 · Early Church

Saint Felix died in 200. He is recognized as a saint.

250–304 · Early Church

Florian (Latin: Florianus; AD 250 – c. 304) was a Christian holy man and the patron saint of chimney sweeps, soapmakers, and firefighters. His feast day is 4 May.

363 · Early Church

Saint Gallicanus was a Roman martyr in Egypt in 363 AD, during the reign of Julian. A former general, he converted to Christianity and retired to Ostia where he was involved in a variety of charitable works. The Emperor exiled him to Egypt, where he was later martyred.

324 · Early Church

Glaphyra (Greek: Γλαφύρα; c.  35 BC – c.  7 AD) was an Anatolian princess from Cappadocia, and a Queen of Mauretania by her second marriage to King Juba II of Mauretania.

200–177 · Early Church

Saint Glyceria (Greek: Γλυκερία; died ca. 177 in Perinthus, Propontis) was a Roman virgin of the early church. According to Christian tradition, she was forced to pay tribute to a stone statue of Jupiter but it was destroyed while she stood before it.

320–362 · Early Church

Gordianus (died 362) was a Roman martyr who was killed during the reign of Julian the Apostate, and is commemorated on 10 May. In his funeral inscription, Gordianus's youth is contrasted with his mature faith. Later Acts make him a pagan and a judge.

310–330 · Early Church

Saint Govdelaas was born in Iran in 310 to his father, Shapur II. A soldier and religious figure, he died in 330.

284–304 · Early Church

Saint Greca (12 October 284 – 21 January 304, Decimomannu) was a Christian woman who lived on Sardinia. According to tradition she was martyred during the Diocletianic Persecution. She is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.

350 · Early Church

Gwinear, Guigner, was a Celtic martyr, one of only two early Cornish saints whose biographies survived the Reformation. The Life of Gwinear was written in the early 14th century by a priest named Anselm, and has sometimes been printed among the works of Anselm of Canterbury.[Note…

250–258 · Early Church

Saint Halina was a citizen of Ancient Rome born in 250. She died by decapitation in Corinth in 258 and is recognized as an Eastern Orthodox saint.

100–120 · Early Church

Saint Hermes, born in Greece, died in Rome as a martyr in 120, is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. His name appears in the Martyrologium Hieronymianum as well as entries in the Depositio Martyrum (354).

100–170 · Early Church

Hermias of Comana is an early martyr commemorated in the Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church. He lived in the 2nd century and was a soldier in the Roman army until he confessed Christ and was tortured. His feast day is 31 May.

250–270 · Early Church

Saint Honestus (Spanish: San Honesto, French: Saint Honest) was, according to Christian tradition, a disciple of Saturninus of Toulouse and a native of Nîmes.

250–320 · Early Church

Saint Illuminata was an early Christian woman, martyred c. 320 during the persecutions of Diocletian, and venerated as a Christian saint. She was born in Ravenna on the Adriatic coast of Italy, and after being jailed there, she fled to Umbria to live an eremitic life of chastity…

350–384 · Early Church

Saint Lea (died c. 383) is a fourth-century saint in the Roman Catholic Church based on the authority of Jerome. Lea of Rome is known only through the testimony of her beloved friend, the learned Saint Jerome.

1–200 · Early Church

Saint Libertine (or Libertinus) (Italian: San Libertino) is venerated as a Christian martyr and as the first bishop of Agrigento, in Sicily. According to tradition, Libertine was sent by Saint Peter to Agrigento to Christianize the city during the 1st century.

300–306 · Early Church

Saint Maginus (Catalan: Sant Magí; Spanish: San Magín) was a Catalan hermit in the late third and early fourth centuries in Tarragona. Orphaned early, he was a hermit in a cave on Mount Brufaganya for thirty years.

325–410 · Early Church

Marcella (325–410) is a saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches as well as the Anglican Communion. She was a Christian ascetic in the Western Roman Empire.

327–397 · Early Church

Marcellina (c. 327 – 397) was born in Trier, Gaul the daughter of the Praetorian prefect of Gaul, and was the elder sister of Ambrose of Milan and Satyrus of Milan. Marcellina devoted her life as a consecrated virgin to the practice of prayer and asceticism.

50–68 · Early Church

Marcian, or Marcianus (Antioch of Syria, 1st century - Syracuse), was a bishop and martyr, venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church. According to tradition Marcian was the first bishop of Syracuse; a disciple of the apostle Peter.

303 · Early Church

Marciana of Toledo, also known as Marciana of Mauretania and Marciana of Caesarea, (died 9 January 304) is venerated as a martyr and saint. Her feast day is celebrated by both the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church on July 12.

101 · Early Church

Saint Mari [ܡܳܐܪܝ̣], also known as Mares or Maris [Μαρις], and originally named Palut [ܦܳܠܘ̣ܛ], is a saint of the Church of the East. He was converted by Thaddeus of Edessa, also known as "Addai"), and is said to have had as his spiritual director, Mar Aggai.

300–300 · Early Church

Martial of Limoges (3rd century), whose name is also rendered as Marcial, Martialis, and Marcialis, and is also called "the Apostle of the Gauls" or "the Apostle of Aquitaine," was the first bishop of Limoges.

250–287 · Early Church

Maurice (also Moritz, Morris, Maurits, or Mauritius; Coptic: Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲙⲱⲣⲓⲥ) was an Egyptian military leader who headed the legendary Theban Legion of Rome in the 3rd century, and is one of the favourite and most widely venerated saints of that martyred group.

350 · Early Church

Saint Maxentia was born in 350. She died in Santa Massenza.

225–251 · Early Church

Mercurius (Greek: Ἅγιος Μερκούριος, Coptic: Ⲫⲓⲗⲟⲡⲁⲧⲏⲣ Ⲙⲉⲣⲕⲟⲩⲣⲓⲟⲥ; {Ge'ez መርቆሬዎስ}Syriac: ܡܳܪܩܘ̇ܪܝܘ̇ܣ; 224/225 – 250 AD) was a Roman soldier of Scythian descent who became a Christian saint and martyr.

433–466 · Early Church

Mitre (433–466) was a Catholic saint, who was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, and died in Aix-en-Provence. According to the legend, Mitre, a field worker living in Aix-en-Provence with Arvendus, was charged with witchcraft for making a miracle come true. He was beheaded.

490 · Early Church

Saint Monitor, also known as Saint Moniteur (died c. 490), was the twelfth Bishop of Orléans in France and is recognized as a Catholic saint. Monitor became the bishop of Orléans around 472. His feast day is celebrated on November 10.

251 · Early Church

Myron of Crete, called Saint Myron the Wonder Worker (Greek: Άγιος Μύρων ο Θαυματουργός), was a bishop from Rhaukos, Crete who became archbishop of Crete.

750–450 · Early Church

Saint Nazarius (French: Saint Nazaire) was the fourteenth abbot of the monastery of Lérins, probably during the reign of the Merovingian Clotaire II (584–629).

100 · Early Church

Nicomedes was a martyr of unknown era, whose feast is observed 15 September. He was buried in a catacomb on the Via Nomentana near the gate of that name. The Roman Martyrologium and the historical Martyrologies of Bede and his imitators place the feast on this date.

300–316 · Early Church

Saint Tryphon of Campsada (Greek: Τρύφων : Trúphōn; also spelled Trypho, Trifon, Triphon) was a 3rd-century Christian saint. He is venerated by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches as a great martyr and holy unmercenary.

296–335 · Early Church

Saint Nino (sometimes St. Nune or St. Ninny; Georgian: წმინდა ნინო, romanized: ts'minda nino; Armenian: Սուրբ Նունե, romanized: Surb Nune; Greek: Ἁγία Νίνα, romanized: Hagía Nína; c. 296 – c.

400–471 · Early Church

Nonnus (Ancient Greek: Νόννος, Nónnos) was legendary 4th- or 5th-century[n 1] Christian saint, said to have been an Egyptian monk who became a bishop in Syria and was responsible for the conversion of St Pelagia the harlot during one of the Synods of Antioch.

50–135 · Early Church

Ovidius (Portuguese: Santo Ovídio), also Saint Auditus, was the third Bishop of Braga; he is a Portuguese saint. According to hagiographies of the 16th century, Ovidius was a Roman citizen of Sicilian origin.

345–409 · Early Church

Pammachius (d. 410 AD) was a Roman senator who is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches. He married Paulina. After her death, he gave himself up to works of charity. Pammachius was born to a noble Roman family, possibly the Furii.

346 · Early Church

Saint Paris or Paris of Teano (Italian: San Paride di Teano; Latin: Sanctus Paridis) (d. 346 AD) was ordained Bishop of Teano by Pope Sylvester I. His feast day is August 5; he is venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church.