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272–337 · Early Church

Constantine I (27 February 272 – 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, or known mononymously as Constantine, was Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337 and the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity.

250–286 · Early Church

Constantius (Italian: San Costanzo) is venerated as a member of the legendary Theban Legion. Similar to the cults of Chiaffredo at Crissolo, Bessus at Val Soana, Tegulus at Ivrea, Magnus at Castelmagno, and Dalmatius at Borgo San Dalmazzo, the cult of Constantius was linked with…

150–170 · Early Church

Constantius of Perugia (also known as Costantius, Constance or Costanzo) (died c. 170 AD) is one of the patron saints of Perugia, Italy. According to his legend, of which four versions exist, he was arrested during the persecutions of Antoninus (some sources say Marcus Aurelius)…

400–383 · Early Church

Cordula of Cologne, also known as Saint Cordula, is an apocryphal saint. She was venerated in the Catholic Church as a companion of St. Ursula and her feast day was on 22 October, but she has not been listed in the Roman Martyrology since 1969 due to doubts about her historicity.…

375–460 · Early Church

Corentin of Quimper (Corentinus; in Breton, Kaourintin) (d. 460 AD) is a Breton saint. He was the first bishop of Quimper. Corentin was a hermit at Plomodiern and was regarded as one of the seven founding saints of Brittany.

300 · Early Church

Cornelia, also spelled Kornelia, was a martyr of the early Church. According to tradition, she lived in Tunis, North Africa. She suffered martyrdom during the persecutions of Christians around the year 300, together with Anesius, Felix, Theodulus, Portus, Abdas, and Valeria in Ca…

180–253 · Early Church

Pope Cornelius (Greek: Κορνήλιος) was the bishop of Rome from the 6th, or the 13th of March, 251 A.D., until his martyrdom in June, 253 A.D. He was pope during and following a period of persecution of the church, while a schism occurred over how repentant church members who had…

350 · Early Church

Saint Cornelius was a presbyter and bishop born in Imola in 350. A citizen of Ancient Rome, he died in Forum Cornelii.

160–177 · Early Church

Corona (from the Latin for 'crown') most commonly refers to: Corona may also refer to:

100 · Early Church

Crescens (Greek: Κρίσκης) was an individual who appears in the New Testament. He is traditionally considered one of the 72 disciples sent out by Jesus in Luke 10. He was a missionary in Galatia and became a companion of Paul.

130 · Early Church

Saint Crescentian (died 130 AD) was a 2nd-century Christian martyr killed at Sassyr, on Sardinia. Saints Gabinus and Crispulis were killed at the same time.

300–303 · Early Church

Saint Crescentinus (Italian: San Crescentino, Crescenziano) (died June 1, 303) is the patron saint of Urbino whose feast day is celebrated on June 1. Venerated as a warrior saint, he is sometimes depicted on horseback, killing a dragon, in the same manner as Saint George.

292–303 · Early Church

Crescentius of Rome (Italian: San Crescenzio di Roma) is venerated as a child martyr by the Roman Catholic Church. According to tradition, he was born of a noble Roman family and was baptized along with his parents by Epigmenius.

250–287 · Early Church

Saint Crispin was a cobbler and missionary born in Rome in 250. A citizen of Ancient Rome, he died in Augusta Suessionum in 287. He is recognized as a Catholic saint.

300–304 · Early Church

Crispina (died 5 December, 304) was a virgin martyr of Africa who suffered during the Diocletian persecution. She was born at Thagora, a town in the Roman province of Numidia, located in Taoura, Algeria.

300–287 · Early Church

Saints Crispin and Crispinian are the Christian patron saints of cobblers, curriers, tanners, and leather workers. They were beheaded during the reign of Diocletian; the date of their execution is given as 25 October 285 or 286.

466 · Early Church

Crispinus of Pavia served as a bishop and presbyter. He died in Pavia in 466 and is recognized as a Catholic saint.

1 · Early Church

Saint Crispoldus (sometimes Cyspolitus, Crispoltus, Chrysopolitus, Italian: San Crispolto, Crispolito, Crispoldo) is venerated as a 1st-century Christian martyr.

304 · Early Church

Saint Crispí d'Écija was a Catholic priest and bishop born in Hispania Baetica. He died in 304 and is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.

201 · Early Church

Saint Christina of Osma is a 3rd-century saint venerated by the Catholic Church. Her feast day is celebrated on July 24 in Osma alongside Saint Christina of Bolsena.

399 · Early Church

Saint Cristinus is venerated as a martyr of the Catholic Church. He is the patron saint of Portoferraio, an Italian city located on the island of Elba.

100–100 · Early Church

Saint Ctesiphon of Vergium served as a presbyter and bishop. He was born and died in the year 100.

269–304 · Early Church

Saint Cucuphas (also Cucufas or Qaqophas, Catalan: Cugat, Culgat, Cougat, Spanish: Cucufate, Cucufato, Cocoba(s), French: Cucuphat, Cucufa, Cucuphat, Quiquenfat, Galician: Covade, Cobad, Occitan: Cophan, Asturian: Cucao) is a martyr of Spain.

500–492 · Early Church

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491 · Early Church

Cynwyd ap Cynfelyn was born in 491 and served as a monarch. He is recognized as a saint.

200–258 · Early Church

Cyprian was a bishop of Carthage and an early Christian writer of Berber descent, many of whose Latin works are extant. He is recognized as a saint in the Western and Eastern churches.

304 · Early Church

Saints Cyprian and Justina (Greek: Κυπριανός & Ίουστίνη) are honored in the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church and Oriental Orthodoxy as Christians of Antioch, who in 304, during the Diocletianic Persecution, suffered martyrdom at Nicomedia (modern-day İzmit, Turkey) on Sep…

249 · Early Church

Cyriaca, also known as Dominica, was a Roman widow, and patroness to St. Lawrence, and eventually suffered martyrdom. Cyriaca was a wealthy Roman widow who sheltered persecuted Christians. St. Lawrence used her home in Rome to give food to the poor.

300–303 · Early Church

Cyriacus (Greek: Ἅγιος Κυριακός, romanized: Kyriakos, fl. 303 AD), sometimes Anglicized as Cyriac, according to Christian tradition, is a Christian martyr who was killed in the Diocletianic Persecution.

304 · Early Church

Cyricus and his mother Julitta are venerated as early Christian martyrs. According to traditional stories, they were put to death at Tarsus in AD 304. Some evidence exists for an otherwise unknown child-martyr named Cyricus at Antioch.

320 · Early Church

4th century Christian Armenian saint

300–311 · Early Church

Cyrus of Alexandria (Arabic: المقوقس al-Muqawqis, Greek: Κῦρος Ἀλεξανδρείας; d. 21 March 642) was a prominent figure in the 7th century. He served as a Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria and held the position of the second-last Byzantine prefect of Egypt.

464 · Early Church

Céline of Laon (died c. 464) was a Frankish saint, born in the Laonnois (the area around Laon, France). She is most notable as the mother of Saint Remigius and Principius, twelfth bishop of Soissons. Her feast day is on 21 October. Her husband was Emilius, count of Laon.

400 · Early Church

Saint Dabheog is the patron saint and a founder of a monastery on an island in Lough Derg, a lake in County Donegal, Ireland, near the town of Pettigo and shouldering the border of counties Donegal and Fermanagh. His feast day is 16 December.

356–436 · Early Church

Dalmatius, Dalmatus, or Dalmatos (Ancient Greek: Δαλμάτος; died AD 440) was archimandrite of the Dalmatian Monastery in Constantinople. He also held the title Archimandrite of the Monasteries, making him the city's chief monk.

304 · Early Church

Dalmatius of Pavia (Italian: San Dalmazzo, Dalmazio) (died 254 or 304 AD) is venerated as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. It is possible that Dalmatius was simply a local preacher of northern Italy, but the century in which he lived or the manner in which he died is unknown…

200–168 · Early Church

Saint Daniel of Padua (died 168 AD) is venerated as the deacon of Saint Prosdocimus, the first Bishop of Padua. Said to have been of Jewish extraction, he aided Prosdocimus, who evangelized northeastern Nava.

250–309 · Early Church

Saint Daniel of Egypt (died February 16, 309) was an Egyptian martyr and a saint in the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. Driven by devotion, he accompanied Elijah, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Samuel to provide support to Christians sentenced to forced labor in the quarries of Cilicia f…

201 · Early Church

Dasius of Durostorum (Bulgarian: Дазий Доростолски, Greek: Δάσιος ο μάρτυρας) is a Christian martyr of the early 4th century AD. He was a Roman soldier of Legio XI Claudiana at Durostorum (modern Silistra), Moesia Inferior who was beheaded in the early 4th century after his refus…

303 · Early Church

A list of people, who died during the 4th century, who have received recognition as Blessed (through beatification) or Saint (through canonization) from the Catholic Church:

200–190 · Early Church

Dathus or Datus was Bishop of Ravenna during the late 2nd century. He was elected to succeed the previous bishop Probus I when miraculously, a dove appeared above his head. According to Andreas Agnellus, his remains may have been kept in the Church of St.

250–286 · Early Church

Defendens of Thebes (Italian: San Defendente di Tebe) is venerated as a martyr by the Catholic Church. Venerated as a soldier-saint, Defendens was, according to Christian tradition, a member of the Theban Legion, and thus martyred at Agaunum.

404 · Early Church

Delphin of Bordeaux was a Roman citizen born in Pompaelo who served as a presbyter and the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bordeaux. He held the position of episcope and died in Gallia Aquitania in 404. He is venerated as a saint.

300–306 · Early Church

Saint Demetrius (or Demetrios) of Thessalonica (Greek: Ἅγιος Δημήτριος τῆς Θεσσαλονίκης, Hágios Dēmḗtrios tēs Thessaloníkēs), also known as the Holy Great-Martyr Demetrius the Myroblyte (meaning 'the Myrrh-Gusher' or 'Myrrh-Streamer'; 3rd century – 306), was a Greek Christian mar…

450–457 · Early Church

Deogratias of Carthage was a North African Christian prelate who served as Bishop of Carthage from 454 to 457. The name Deogratias means "thanks be to God." In Africa, it was the salutation used by the Catholics to distinguish themselves from the Donatists who said: Deo laudes (…

400–400 · Early Church

Saint Desiderius of Langres was a cleric, prelate, and Catholic bishop born in Genoa in 400. He died in Langres in 400.

283–304 · Early Church

Devota (French: Sainte Dévote; Corsican: Santa Divota; died ca. 303 AD) is the patroness saint of Corsica and Monaco. She was killed during the persecutions of the Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian.

400–486 · Early Church

Diadochos of Photiki (Greek: Διάδοχος Φωτικής) was a fifth-century Christian ascetic whose works are included in the Philokalia. Scholars have acknowledged his great influence on later Byzantine saints such as Maximos the Confessor, John Climacus, Symeon the New Theologian, and…

350–430 · Early Church

Saint Dictinius, also known as Dictino or Dotino (died c. 420), was a Hispanic ecclesiastic and writer who served as Bishop of Astorga between the 4th and 5th centuries. Initially a Priscillianist, he later converted to Catholicism. His feast day is commemorated on April 29.

313–398 · Early Church

Didymus the Blind (Coptic: Ⲇⲓⲇⲩⲙⲟⲥ Ⲡⲓⲃⲉⲗⲗⲉ; c. 313 – 398) was a Christian theologian in the Church of Alexandria, where he taught for about half a century.