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275–360 · Early Church

Paternian or Paternianus (Italian: San Paterniano) is the name of an Italian saint. A native of Fermo who escaped to the mountains during the persecutions of Christians by Diocletian, he was then appointed bishop of Fano by Pope Sylvester I.

500–491 · Early Church

Perpetuus (French: Saint-Perpetue) (died 30 December 490 AD) was the sixth Bishop of Tours, serving from 460 to 490. Born of a senatorial family of the Auvergne, Perpetuus became bishop of Tours around 460.

50–100 · Early Church

Petronilla (Aurelia Petronilla) is an early Christian saint. She is venerated as a virgin by the Catholic Church. She died in Rome at the end of the 1st century, or possibly in the 3rd century.

201–286 · Early Church

Piatus of Tournai (also Piaton, Platon, Piat, Piato) (died c. 286) was a Belgian saint. He was a native of Benevento, Italy, and is traditionally said to have been sent by the pope to evangelize the cities of Chartres and Tournai.

450 · Early Church

Saint Pompeia (in Latin: Alma Pompeia or in Breton: Koupaia), also known as Aspasia, is a legendary Breton saint who supposedly lived in the 6th century. Her feast day is celebrated on 2 January.

87–177 · Early Church

Saint Pothinus (French: Saint Pothin; c. 87 – c. 177) was the first bishop of Lyon and the first bishop of Gaul. He is first mentioned in a letter attributed to Irenaeus of Lyon. The letter was sent from the Christian communities of Lyon and Vienne to the Roman province of Asia.

100–112 · 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

Pudens was an early Christian saint and martyr. He is mentioned as a layman of the Roman Church in 2 Timothy 4:21. Born to a family of wealth and distinction, possibly of the Gens Cornelia, he was the son of Quintus Cornelius Pudens, a Roman senator, and his wife Priscilla, amon…

201–303 · Early Church

Rais, also known as Iris, Iraida, Irais, Herais or Rhais, is a martyr venerated by the Roman Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox churches. According to one account, she was the daughter of a Christian priest named Peter living in Alexandria, Roman Province of Egypt.

400 · Early Church

Saint Regulus or Saint Rule (Old Irish: Riagal) was a legendary 4th century monk or bishop of Patras, Greece who in AD 345 is said to have fled to Scotland with the bones of Saint Andrew, and deposited them at St Andrews. His feast day in the Aberdeen Breviary is 17 October.

400–450 · Early Church

Saint Renatus (Italian: San Renato, French: Saint-René) is the name of a French and an Italian saint of the Catholic Church who is claimed to be the same person.

300–300 · Early Church

Reparata (Italian: Santa Reparata, French: Sainte Réparate) was, according to tradition, a third-century virgin who was martyred for her Christian faith in her hometown of Caesarea, Roman Province of Palestine, and later canonised by the Catholic Church.

100–126 · Early Church

Sabina of Rome, also known as Saint Sabina or Sabina the Roman (died c. AD 119 or 126) was a Roman Christian who was martyred for her faith. She is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church, being commemorated on 29 August.

450 · Early Church

Saint Saint Sané was born in Ireland in 450. He died in Armorica and is recognized as a saint.

100–100 · Early Church

Saint Sarah, also known as Sara-la-Kâli ("Sara the Black"; Romani: Sara e Kali), is the patron saint of the Romani people in Folk Catholicism. The center of her veneration is Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, a place of pilgrimage for Roma in the Camargue, in Southern France.

363 · Early Church

Saint Sargis the General or Sergius Stratelates (Armenian: Սուրբ Սարգիս Զորավար, romanized: Sourb Sargis Zoravar; died 362/3) was a Cappadocian Greek general who is revered as a martyr and military saint in the Armenian Apostolic Church and Assyrian Church of the East (January 5)…

275 · Early Church

Saint Sabina of Troyes was a 3rd-century Christian virgin. She was of Greek origin and the sister of Saint Sabinian of Troyes. She was baptized by the Roman priest Eusebius, who later became pope. Because her parents were pagans, she traveled to Gaul to join her brother.

100–126 · Early Church

Serapia was a Roman saint, a slave and martyr, also called Seraphia or Seraphima of Syria. Serapia was born at Antioch in the late 1st century, of Christian parents. Fleeing the persecution of Emperor Hadrian, she went to Italy and settled there.

400–384 · Early Church

Saint Servatius (Dutch: Sint Servaas; French: Saint Servais; Limburgish: Sintervaos; died 13 May 384) was bishop of Tongeren (Latin: Atuatuca Tungrorum, the capital of the Tungri). Servatius is patron saint of the city of Maastricht and the towns of Schijndel and Grimbergen.

350 · Early Church

Saint Silvan was a Christian martyr possibly from the fourth century and buried in St Blaise's Church in Dubrovnik since the mid of the 19th century. Saint Silvan, of whom not much is known, is commemorated on 30 July.

270–348 · Early Church

Spyridon, also Spyridon of Tremithus (Greek: Ἅγιος Σπυρίδων; c. 270 – 348), is a saint honoured in both the Eastern and Western Christian traditions. Spyridon was born in Assia, in Cyprus. He worked as a shepherd and was known for his great piety.

280–295 · Early Church

Susanna of Rome (fl. 3rd century) was a Christian martyr of the Diocletianic Persecution. Her existing hagiography, written between about 450 and 500 AD, is of no historical value and the relations it attributes to Susanna are entirely fictitious.

350–410 · Early Church

Taurinus of Évreux (died ca. 412), also known as Taurin, is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. His legend states that he was the first bishop of Évreux. He evangelized the region and died a martyr.

301–404 · Early Church

Saint Telemachus (also Almachus or Almachius; Greek: Τηλέμαχος) was a monk who, according to the Church historian Theodoret, tried to stop a gladiatorial fight in a Roman amphitheatre, and was stoned to death by the crowd.

383 · Early Church

Saint Thumette died in Cologne in 383. She is a Catholic saint.

100–300 · Early Church

Tiburtius, according to Christian legend, was a Christian martyr and saint. His feast day is 11 August which is the same as Saint Susanna. The two were not related, but are sometimes associated because they are venerated on the same day.

13–107 · Early Church

Titus was an early Christian missionary and church leader, a companion and disciple of Paul the Apostle, mentioned in several of the Pauline epistles including the Epistle to Titus.

450 · Early Church

Saint Urfol (also known as Saint Urfold, Saint Urphoed or Saint Wulphroëdus) is a Breton saint from Armorica. His Feast Day is September 17. Urfol was born at the manor of Lannriou in Landouzan in the parish of Le Drennec at the beginning of the 6th century and would have receiv…

400–385 · Early Church

Ursula (Latin for 'little she-bear') was a Romano-British virgin and martyr possibly of royal origin. She is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church and the Anglican Communion.

175–273 · Early Church

Saint Valentine (Italian: Valentino; Latin: Valentinus) was a 3rd-century Roman saint, commemorated in Western Christianity on February 14 and in Eastern Orthodoxy on July 6. From the High Middle Ages, his feast day has been associated with a tradition of courtly love.

250–307 · Early Church

Saint Varus (Greek: Οὔαρος; died c. 304) was an early Christian saint, soldier and martyr. According to his generally reliable and authentic Acts, he was a soldier stationed in Upper Egypt who had the task of guarding a group of 7 monks awaiting execution.

100–143 · Early Church

Saint Venera (Veneranda, Veneria, Venerina, Parasceve) is venerated as a Christian martyr of the 2nd century. Little is known of this saint. The date of her death is traditionally given as July 26, 143 AD.

150–143 · Early Church

Saint Venera (Veneranda, Veneria, Venerina, Parasceve) is venerated as a Christian martyr of the 2nd century. Little is known of this saint. The date of her death is traditionally given as July 26, 143 AD.

1–1 · Early Church

Saint Veronica, also known as Berenike, was a widow from Jerusalem who lived in the 1st century AD, according to extra-biblical Christian traditions.

300–300 · Early Church

Saint Vibiana is a third-century virgin martyr of the Roman Catholic Church. She is the patroness of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Her liturgical feast day is 1 September. The remains of Vibiana were rediscovered on December 9, 1853, in ancient catacombs near the Appian Way.

300 · Early Church

Saint Victor was a Christian who died in Rome in 300. He is a Catholic saint buried in the Catacomb of Praetextatus.

250 · Early Church

Saint Victor of Piacenza was born in Italy in 250. He served as a Catholic priest and later held the position of Roman Catholic Bishop of Piacenza.

230–253 · Early Church

Victoria most commonly refers to: Victoria may also refer to:

300 · Early Church

Saint Vincent, who died around 282 (or 292), was a Christian deacon from Agen executed during the Diocletianic Persecution. Recognized as a martyr and saint by the Catholic Church, he is commemorated on June 9. He is known as Vincent of Agen or Vincent of Le Mas.

250–394 · Early Church

Saint Vincent was the second Bishop of Digne, from 380 to 394. Born in North Africa of Berber descent, like his predecessor Saint Domnin, he, together with Saint Marcellin and Saint Domnin, arrived in Rome in 313 with North African bishops.

250–304 · Early Church

Saint Zoilus (died 304 AD) is venerated as a saint by the Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church. Christian tradition states that he was a young man martyred with nineteen others at Córdoba, Spain, during the Great Persecution under Diocletian.

380 · Early Church

Menne, or Manne, is a Christian hermit saint honored in Lorraine. She is among the earliest known Christians of the Diocese of Toul, then in Belgica Prima.

362 · Early Church

Sainte-Ode is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium. On 1 January 2007, the municipality, which covers 97.87 km2, had 2,305 inhabitants, giving a population density of 23.6 inhabitants per km2.

362 · Early Church

Sainte-Suzanne may refer to a number of saints named Suzanne, or:

400–460 · Early Church

Salonius (c. 400 – 28 September 475) known as Salonius of Geneva was a confessor and bishop of the 5th century. He was a son of Eucherius of Lyon and Galla. He was educated at Lérins Abbey, first by Hilary of Arles, then by Salvianus and Vincent of Lérins.

276–303 · Early Church

Saint Crescentino was a Roman legionary born in Roma in 276. He died by decapitation in 303 and is venerated as a Catholic saint.

400–432 · Early Church

San Giovanni I di Napoli was born in 400 and served as a presbyter and bishop. He died in Naples in 432 and is recognized as a Catholic saint.

201–269 · Early Church

Gratilianus (Falerii Novi, 3rd century – Falerii Novi, August 12, 269) was a young Christian who suffered martyrdom during the persecution of Diocletian in 269.

296 · Early Church

San Lanno was a Roman soldier born in Cologne. He died in Vasanello in 296 and is recognized as a saint.

300 · Early Church

San Leonino is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Castellina in Chianti, province of Siena. At the time of the 2001 census its population was 11. San Leonino is about 19 km from Siena and 7 km from Castellina in Chianti.