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200–177 · Early Church

Andoche was a priest and disciple of Polycarp of Smyrna (modern-day Izmir in Anatolia, formerly Asia Minor, in western Turkey) who came to evangelize Gaul with the deacon Thyrsus, Saint Benignus, and Saint Andeolus.

400 · Early Church

Saint Andrea Guasconi died in Arezzo in 400.

50–100 · Early Church

Andronicus of Pannonia (Greek: Ἀνδρόνικος) was a 1st-century Christian mentioned by the Apostle Paul in his Epistle to the Romans (chapter 16): /* start https://en.wikipedia.org/ */ .mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .t…

320 · Early Church

Angias or Angas, daughter of Ailill Tassach, son of Eochu Liathán, was the wife of Lóegaire mac Néill, High King of Ireland, and mother of Lugaid mac Lóegairi, who later became High King. Her brother was Bressal mac Ailello, a possible King of Munster.

100–85 · Early Church

Pope Anianus (Greek: Ανιανός, transliterated: Anianós) was the second Patriarch of Alexandria. He was ordained by Saint Mark the Evangelist, and was also the first convert Mark won to Christianity in the region. As St.

100–166 · Early Church

Pope Anicetus (Greek: Ανίκητος) was the bishop of Rome from c. 157 to his death in April 168. According to the Annuario Pontificio, the start of his papacy may have been 153. Anicetus actively opposed Gnosticism and Marcionism.

284–304 · Early Church

Saint Ansanus (Italian: Sant'Ansano) (died 304 AD), called The Baptizer or The Apostle of Siena, is the patron saint of Siena, Italy and a scion of the Anician family of Rome. His legend states that he was born of a noble Roman family in the third century.

236 · Early Church

Pope Anterus (Latin: Anterus, Classical Greek: Ανθηρός, romanized: Antheros) was the bishop of Rome from 21 November 235 until his death on 3 January 236. Anterus was the son of Romulus, born in Petilia Policastro, Calabria, Italy.

201–303 · Early Church

Anthimus of Nicomedia (Greek: Ἄνθιμος Νικομηδείας; martyred 303 or 311–12), was the bishop of Nicomedia in Bithynia, where he was beheaded during a persecution of Christians, traditionally placed under Diocletian (following Eusebius), in which "rivers of blood" flowed.

303 · Early Church

Saint Anthimus of Rome, or Sant'Antimo in Italian (died 303), is a Christian saint. His life is largely composed of legend. He is said to have been born in Bithynia. A Christian priest, he was imprisoned for his beliefs at the time of the Emperors Diocletian and Maximian.

266–302 · Early Church

Anthony (Greek: Ἀντώνιος; died 302 AD) was an early Christian priest who suffered martyrdom with Anastasius, Julian, Celsus and Marcionilla during the Diocletianic Persecution.

251–357 · Early Church

Anthony the Great (c. 12 January 251 – 17 January 356) was a Christian monk from Egypt, revered since his death as a saint. He is distinguished from other saints named Anthony, such as Anthony of Padua, by various epithets: Anthony of Egypt, Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of the Dese…

300–400 · Early Church

Saint Antiochianus was born in 300 and died in 400. He died in Salona.

410 · Early Church

Antiochus, or Antioch or Andéol, was the metropolitan Bishop of Lyon. He died about 410. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, with his feast day being 13 August.

95–127 · Early Church

Antiochus of Sulcis (died c. 127 AD) was an early Christian martyr of Sardinia. The island and town of Sant'Antioco are named after him. Antiochus is a figure associated with the Sardinian mines from which the Romans extracted minerals and precious metals; the Romans condemned p…

100–92 · Early Church

Saint Antipas was, according to the Commentary on the Apocalypse of Andreas of Caesarea, the Antipas referred to in Revelation 2:13, as the verse says: "I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my fa…

410–450 · Early Church

Antipater of Bostra (Ancient Greek: Ἀντίπατρος) was a Greek prelate who served as Metropolitan bishop of Bostra in the Roman province of Arabia and was one of the foremost critics of Origen. He lived in the 5th century AD. Little detail is known of Antipater's life.

305 · Early Church

Saint Antonin de Capoue was a member of the Catholic Church. He died in 305.

473 · Early Church

Antonin of Carpentras was born in the early 5th century. Drawn to the monastic life, he became a monk at the Abbey of Lérins and was later elevated to the episcopal see of the city of Carpentras (Vaucluse, France), in the Comtat Venaissin. He died in 473.

250 · Early Church

Antonin was born around the middle of the 3rd century. A Christian during the time of the persecutions, he was arrested and martyred alongside other companions—Zebinas, Nicephorus, Germanus, and Saint Manathas (or Ennathas)—in Caesarea, Palestine, under the Roman emperor Galerius…

300–302 · Early Church

Saint Antonina was born in İznik in 300 and practiced Early Christianity. She died in 302 by burning and drowning.

300–400 · Early Church

Antonin of Apamea lived in the 3rd century. He worked as a stonemason. While the Roman Empire was persecuting Christianity, he was tortured and martyred in Apamea, Syria, for participating in the construction of a Christian place of worship and for refusing to sculpt Roman deitie…

270–303 · Early Church

Saint Antoninus of Piacenza (or Placentia) (died AD 303), also known as Antoninus Placentinus, is a patron saint of Piacenza in Italy. He is venerated as a saint and martyr in the Roman Catholic Church, with a feast day of 30 September.

200–186 · Early Church

Antoninus (died 186) was a public executioner in Rome. It is believed that during the trial of St. Eusebius he had a vision and converted to Christianity. The proclamation of his faith cost him his life, and he was beheaded in 186. His feast day is on 2 August.

285–304 · Early Church

Saint Anysia of Thessalonica (Greek: Άγία Άνυσία) (d. c. 304) was a Christian virgin and martyr of the 4th century. She was born of pious and affluent parents who "raised her in Christian piety".

350–407 · Early Church

Anysius of Thessalonice was an Eastern Orthodox priest and bishop born in 350. A citizen of the Byzantine Empire, he died in Thessaloniki in 407. He is recognized as a saint within the Eastern Orthodox Church.

287–306 · Early Church

Amphian (Latin: Amphianus, Greek: Αμφιανός) is venerated as a martyr by the Catholic Church and by the Eastern Orthodox Church. He is said to have died during the persecutions of the Emperor Galerius on April 2 in or around the year 305.

270–346 · Early Church

Aphrahat (c. 280–c. 345; Syriac: ܐܦܪܗܛ, Ap̄rahaṭ, Persian: فرهاد, Arabic: أفراهاط الحكيم, Ancient Greek: Ἀφραάτης, and Latin Aphraates), venerated as Saint Aphrahat the Persian, was a third-century Syriac Christian author of Iranian descent from the Sasanian Empire, who composed…

200–300 · Early Church

Aphrodisius (French: Saint Aphrodise, Afrodise, Aphrodyse, Aphrodite) is a saint associated with the diocese of Béziers, in Languedoc, Southern France.

200–200 · Early Church

Saint Apollinaris Claudius (Greek: Απολλινάριος Κλαύδιος), otherwise Apollinaris of Hierapolis or Apollinaris the Apologist, was a Christian leader and writer of the 2nd century.

100–79 · Early Church

Apollinaris of Ravenna (Italian: Apollinare; Greek: Ἀπολλινάριος, Apollinarios, Late Latin: Apolenaris) is a Syrian saint, whom the Roman Martyrology describes as "a bishop who, according to tradition, while spreading among the nations the unsearchable riches of Christ, led his f…

301–400 · Early Church

In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Apollo is one of the Olympian deities. His numerous functions include healing, prophecy, music, poetry, and archery. He is the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin brother of Artemis, goddess of the hunt.

300 · Early Church

Saint Apollonios was born in Sardis and died in 300.

135 · Early Church

Saint Apollonius the Apologist or Saint Apollonius of Rome (Greek: Ἀπολλώνιος; died 21 April 185) was a 2nd-century Christian martyr and apologist who was martyred in 185 under the Emperor Commodus (161–192).

395 · Early Church

Apollonius (Ancient Greek: Άπολλώνιος), a native of Egypt, was a writer who is referred to by Theophilus of Antioch as an authority respecting various opinions upon the age of the world.

15–100 · Early Church

Apollonius of Tyana (Ancient Greek: Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Τυανεύς; c. AD 15 – c. 100) was a Greek philosopher and religious leader from the town of Tyana, Cappadocia in Roman Anatolia, who spent his life travelling and teaching in the Middle East, North Africa and India.

200–185 · Early Church

Saint Apollonius the Apologist or Saint Apollonius of Rome (Greek: Ἀπολλώνιος; died 21 April 185) was a 2nd-century Christian martyr and apologist who was martyred in 185 under the Emperor Commodus (161–192).

100–100 · Early Church

Apollos (Ancient Greek: Ἀπολλώς) was a 1st-century Alexandrian Jewish Christian mentioned several times in the New Testament. A contemporary and colleague of Paul the Apostle, he played an important role in the early development of the churches of Ephesus and Corinth.

100 · Early Church

Philemon was an early Christian in Asia Minor who was the recipient of a private letter from Paul of Tarsus which forms part of the Christian New Testament.

321 · Early Church

Saint Aprius of Rome, better known by the nickname The Holy Child, was a catechumen boy martyred in the year 321. According to Christian belief, his body remained incorrupt for fifteen centuries and was coated in wax, although some believe it is a wax sculpture and does not conta…

500–491 · Early Church

Saint Aprunculus of Trier (also known as Abrunculus) (died probably 526) was Bishop of Trier from the death of his predecessor, Fibicius, around 525, He served in that capacity until his own death in 526, and was succeeded by Nicetius.

281–293 · Early Church

Aquilina (281–293) was a Christian child from Byblos who suffered martyrdom under Emperor Diocletian in the third century. Between 63 BC and AD 330, Byblos was under Roman rule, and although Christianity existed in Byblos from the time of the Apostles, Christians were a minority…

437 · Early Church

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437 · Early Church

Saint Arcadio was an African figure who died in 437. He was executed by decapitation.

284–305 · Early Church

Arcadius of Mauretania (died c. 302) is venerated as a saint and martyr. Tradition states that he was a prominent citizen of Caesarea in Mauretania Caesariensis (present-day Cherchell), who hid away in the countryside to avoid being forced to worship the Roman gods.

370–425 · Early Church

Atticus of Constantinople (Ancient Greek: Ἀττικός; died 10 October 425) was an archbishop of Constantinople, succeeding to the episcopal throne in March 406.

1000–434 · Early Church

Maximianus of Constantinople (Greek: Μαξιμινιανός; died 12 April 434) was the archbishop of Constantinople from 25 October 431 until his death on 12 April 434. Maximianus was born in Rome from wealthy and pious parents.

-401 · Early Church

Archippus was an Athenian poet of the Old Comedy. His most famous play was the Fishes, in which he satirized the fondness of the Athenian epicures for fish.

306 · Early Church

Saint Ardalio was an actor born in Alexandria. He died in 306.

100–125 · Early Church

Saint Arianne of Phrygia (Greek: Άριάδνη; died 130 AD) is a 2nd-century Christian saint and martyr. Ariadna was a slave woman to a certain Tertullus in Prymnessus when by an alleged edict of Hadrian and Antoninus, Christianity was outlawed.