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400 · Early Church

Saint Martin de Saujon was a Catholic priest and abbot born in Saintes. He died in 400 and is recognized as a saint.

407 · Early Church

Saint Martin of Brive died in 407. He is recognized as a saint.

107 · Early Church

Saint Martin of Vienne was the legendary third bishop of Vienne, in France, believed to have lived in the 2nd (or 3rd) century. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church, with a feast day celebrated locally in Vienne on 1 July.

350–435 · Early Church

Martinianus (or Martinus, Italian: Martiniano) was Archbishop of Milan from 423 to 435. He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. His feast day is 2 January. A tradition associates Martinianus with the Roman family of the Hosii.

250–301 · Early Church

Martirià (Florence, mid-4th century – Albenga, late 4th century) was a bishop of Albenga who is venerated today as the patron saint of the town of Banyoles.

400–422 · Early Church

Maruthas or Marutha of Martyropolis was a Syriac monk who became bishop of Maypherkat in Mesopotamia (Meiafarakin) for a period beginning before 399 up to around 410. He is believed to have died before 420.

344–421 · Early Church

Mary of Egypt was an Egyptian grazer saint, said to have dwelled in Byzantine-era Palestine in the 5th century AD (in late antiquity / Early Middle Ages).

361 · Early Church

Mary of Edessa was a 4th-century Christian anchorite and saint. Her feast day is celebrated on October 29 in the Latin liturgical calendar. Although her historicity was questioned by a sector of the Catholic Church in 1961, she is included among the Holy Helpers and is invoked in…

400–368 · Early Church

St. Maternien (died 368), was 4th century French Bishop of Reims, saint and confessor. His feast day is 30 April. Maternien, was the brother of St Materne the Bishop of Milan(Feast day on 18 July) and was Bishop of Reims from 348 to 359AD. He died July 7, 368.

300 · Early Church

Maternus (Italian: Materno) was Archbishop of Milan from c. 316 to c. 328. He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is on July 18. Almost nothing is known about the life of Maternus.

300–328 · Early Church

Maternus (c. 285–September 14, 315 AD), also known as Maternus II, was the first known bishop of Cologne, reportedly also the third bishop of Trier, and founder of the diocese of Tongeren. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.

250–300 · Early Church

Matrona of Barcelona or Matrona of Thessalonica is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church. She was recognized as a saint pre-congregation. She lived in the third or fourth century.

392–492 · Early Church

Matrona of Constantinople (also known as Matrona of Jerusalem; born c. 392, Perga, Pamphylia, Eastern Roman Empire — died c. 492, Constantinople, Eastern Roman Empire) was a Christian ascetic, venerated as a venerable saint. Her feast day is November 22.

420–490 · Early Church

Matrona of Perge (Greek: Ματρώνα) of the 6th century was a Byzantine female saint known for temporarily cross-dressing as the monk Babylos to avoid her husband after she decided to live following the sentence in chapter 7, verse 29 of the First Epistle to the Corinthians, "those…

301–301 · Early Church

Saint Matthew the Hermit (Arabic: القديس مار متى الناسك; Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܡܬܝ Mor Mattai) was a 4th-century Christian priest. He is venerated as a saint in the Syriac Orthodox Church. His feast day is on the 18th of September.

100–120 · Early Church

Matthias of Jerusalem (died 120 AD) was a 2nd-century Christian saint and a Bishop of Jerusalem, whose episcopacy was about 113–120 AD. Matthew was probably bishop for few years after Tobias until 120.

201–301 · Early Church

Maturinus, or Mathurin (died ca. 300 AD) was a Gallo-Roman exorcist and missionary venerated as a saint. The first source to mention Maturinus is the Martyrology of Usuard, written in 875. In the next century, a biography of Maturinus was composed.

488 · Early Church

Maughold (also known as Macaille, Maccaldus, Machalus, Machaoi, Machella, Maghor, Mawgan, Maccul, Macc Cuill; died c. 488 AD) is venerated as the patron saint of the Isle of Man.

283 · Early Church

Maur or Maurus was a Roman child martyr of the 3rd century. According to tradition, in the year 283, he was martyred alongside his father Claudius, a tribune of ancient Rome who had converted to Christianity, his mother Hilaria, and his brother Jason.

364–426 · Early Church

Saint Maurilius (French: Maurille) (c. 336 – 453), a priest originally from Milan, was the bishop of Angers between 423 and 453. He played an early role in the Christianization of Gaul. In the seventh century, a devotion to St. Maurilius began.

250–305 · Early Church

Saint Mauritius of Apameia was born in 250 and died in 305. He died in Apamea.

300–400 · Early Church

Maurus of Parentium is the patron saint of the Istrian city of Poreč/Parenzo in Croatia, called Parentium in Roman times. He is commemorated on November 21. According to one account, Maurus was of noble Roman birth, and became the city's first bishop.

250–304 · Early Church

Maxima of Rome was a slave and friend of Saint Ansanus of Siena. She was martyred by being beaten to death in the persecutions of Diocletian, circa 304. Locally recognized as saint, her feast day is September 2.

250 · Early Church

300–284 · Early Church

Saint Maximilian of Lorch or Saint Maximilian of Celeia (Latin: Maximilianus, Slovene: Maksimilijan Celjski, German Maximilian von Lorch; died 12 October 288) was a Catholic bishop and missionary in the Roman province of Noricum. He was martyred in AD 288.

274–295 · Early Church

Maximilian of Tebessa (Theveste), also known as Maximilian of Numidia, (Latin: Maximilianus; AD 274–295) was a Christian saint and martyr, whose feast day is observed on 12 March.

201–346 · Early Church

Maximin (born at Silly near Poitiers; — Poitiers 12 September 346) was the sixth bishop of Trier. His feast is 29 May. Maximin was an opponent of Arianism, and was close to the courts of Constantine II and Constans.

228–250 · Early Church

Saint Maximus of Aveia (died c. 250 AD) (sometimes also known as Saint Maximus of Aquila) is one of the patron saints of L'Aquila, Italy. He was born in Aveia, currently known as Fossa. As a deacon, he was martyred for his faith.

350 · Early Church

Saint Maximus of Jerusalem (Maximus III of Jerusalem) was an early Christian saint and bishop of Jerusalem from roughly 333 AD to his death in 347 AD. He was the third bishop of Jerusalem named Maximus, the other two being in the latter half of the 2nd century.

400 · Early Church

Maximus (born in the late 4th century or early 5th century; died the 5th century) was an ancient Roman bishop, thought to have been the second bishop of Mogontiacum (Mainz, now in Germany) and possibly the last to hold that position under the Roman Empire.

350–361 · Early Church

Saint Maximus (died 361 AD) was Bishop of Naples, who was sent into exile. Maximus was known as a great defender of the decrees of the Council of Nicaea, especially with the opposition to Arianism.

201–250 · Early Church

Maximus of Nola (Nola, 3rd century – Nola, February 7, 3rd century) was Bishop of Nola during the 3rd century, in the time of the Decian persecution; he is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.

166 · Early Church

Maximus of Padua served as a Roman Catholic Bishop of Padua and worked as a presbyter. He died in 166 and is recognized as a Catholic saint.

249–260 · Early Church

Saint Maximus (died 250) was a Christian saint and martyr. The emperor Decius published a decree ordering the veneration of busts of the deified emperors. Failure to pay homage to these idols would be considered high treason, prosecuted by torture and death.

400–420 · Early Church

Maximus of Turin (Italian: San Massimo; c. 380 – c. 465) was a Roman Christian prelate known as the first Bishop of Turin. He was a theological writer who "made a great contribution to the spread and consolidation of Christianity in Northern Italy".

172 · Early Church

Medicus of Otricoli was a physician who died in 172 in Otricoli. He is recognized as a saint.

350–410 · Early Church

Melania the Elder, Latin Melania Maior (c. 350 – before 410 or c. 417) was a Desert Mother who was an influential figure in the Christian ascetic movement (the Desert Fathers and Mothers) that sprang up in the generation after the Emperor Constantine made Christianity a legal rel…

383–439 · Early Church

Melania the Younger (c. 383 – 31 December 439) is a Christian saint, Desert Mother, and ascetic who lived during the reign of Emperor Honorius, son of Theodosius I. She is the paternal granddaughter of Melania the Elder.

400–381 · Early Church

Meletius of Antioch (Greek: Μελέτιος, Meletios) was a Christian patriarch of Antioch from 360 until his death in 381. He was opposed by a rival bishop named Paulinus II of Antioch and his episcopate was dominated by the schism, usually called the Meletian schism.

100–180 · Early Church

Melito of Sardis (Greek: Μελίτων Σάρδεων Melítōn Sárdeōn; died c. 180) was a Roman Christian prelate who served as Bishop of Sardis, near Smyrna in western Anatolia.

126–157 · Early Church

Melissa (Melissae or Melitine or Melitinḗ or Melitina; 28 February, 126 – 16 September, 157) was a virgin and martyr in 2nd-century Christian traditions, venerated as a saint.

229–314 · Early Church

Saint Mellonius (229-314) was an early 4th-century Bishop of Rotomagus (now Rouen) in the Roman province of Secunda Provincia Lugdunensis (now Normandy in France).

250–300 · Early Church

Saint Memmius (French: Menge, Meinge, Memmie) is venerated as the first bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne (now Châlons-en-Champagne), and founder of the diocese.

443 · Early Church

Memnon was metropolitan bishop of Ephesus during the third ecumenical council. At the Council he was a supporter of Cyril of Alexandria. Delays in the opening of the council were blamed by Nestorius on Memnon.

451 · Early Church

Memorius (Latin: Memorius; executed in 451) was a deacon and hieromartyr from Troyes. His feast day is September 7. Saint Memorius and his companions were martyred by Attila and other Huns. Saint Memorius was a deacon in Troyes (modern-day France).

285–309 · Early Church

Menas of Egypt , a martyr and wonder-worker, is one of the most well-known Coptic saints in the East and the West, due to the many miracles that are attributed to his intercession and prayers.

301–406 · Early Church

Mercurialis (Italian: Mercuriale) was the Christian bishop of Forlì, in Romagna. The historical figure known as Mercurialis attended the Council of Rimini in 359 and died around 406. He was a zealous opponent of paganism and Arianism.

628–401 · Early Church

Saint Meriasek (Breton: Meriadeg) was a 6th-century Cornish and Breton saint. The legends of his life are known through Beunans Meriasek, a Cornish language play known from a single surviving manuscript copy dated 1504, and a few other sources.

362–440 · Early Church

Mesrop Mashtots (listen ; Armenian: Մեսրոպ Մաշտոց, romanized: Mesrop Maštoc' 362 – 17 February 440 AD) was an Armenian linguist, composer, theologian, statesman, and hymnologist. He is venerated as a saint in the Armenian Apostolic Church.

235–249 · Early Church

Messalina of Foligno (Italian: Santa Messalina di Foligno; 235–249) was a 3rd-century Italian Christian consecrated virgin and martyr who was a disciple of Felician of Foligno.