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260–311 · Early Church

Methodius of Olympus (Koine Greek: Μεθόδιος) (died c. 311) was an early Christian bishop, ecclesiastical author, and martyr. Today, he is honored as a saint and Church Father; the Catholic Church commemorates his feast on June 20.

101–249 · Early Church

Saint Metranus was born in Egypt in 101 and died in Alexandria in 249.

300–326 · Early Church

Metrophanes of Byzantium (Greek: Μητροφάνης; died 314) was bishop of Byzantium from c. 306 to 314. He was, according to tradition, the 26th bishop and is the first bishop mentioned by contemporary sources.

441 · Early Church

Saint Michomer was an Irish citizen and a member of the Catholic Church. He died in Tonnerre in 441.

314 · Early Church

Pope Miltiades (Ancient Greek: Μιλτιάδης, Miltiádēs), also known as Melchiades the African (Μελχιάδης ὁ Ἀφρικανός Melkhiádēs ho Aphrikanós), was the bishop of Rome from 311 to his death on 10 or 11 January 314.

250–250 · Early Church

Saint Minias (died 250 AD), also known as Minas (Armenian: Մինաս) or Miniatus (Italian: Miniato), is venerated as the first Christian martyr of Florence. The church of San Miniato al Monte is dedicated to him.

265–361 · Early Church

Mirian III (Georgian: მირიან III; c. 258/277 — 361) was a king (mepe) of Iberia or Kartli (Georgia), contemporaneous to the Roman emperor Constantine the Great (r. 306–337). He was the founder of the royal Chosroid dynasty.

201–316 · Early Church

Mirocles (or Merocles, Italian: Mirocle) was Bishop of Milan from before 313 to c. 316. He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is on December 3. Almost nothing is known about the life of Mirocles.

201–300 · Early Church

Mirope of Chios (Ephesus, 3rd century – Chios, 3rd century) was a young Christian who, during the persecutions of Decius, moved to the island of Chios with her mother (her father was deceased).

295 · Early Church

Saint Mocius (Greek: Μώκιος; died 288–295) was a Christian priest of Roman ancestry who lived in Amphipolis, Macedonia and became a Catholic and Orthodox saint.

388 · Early Church

Saint Modéran I de Rennes served as a bishop. He died in 388.

251 · Early Church

Moses of Rome (Rome, 3rd century – 251) was a Roman priest and dean of the college that governed the Catholic Church following the death of Fabian. He is venerated as a saint by various Christian denominations.

456 · Early Church

Saint Monessa (died 456) was a Christian saint who lived in the 5th century. According to tradition, Monessa was the daughter of an Irish chieftain. She was converted by Saint Patrick and died immediately after receiving baptism. Her feast day is celebrated on September 4.

304 · Early Church

Montanus was the second century founder of Montanism and a self-proclaimed prophet. Montanus emphasized the work of the Holy Spirit, in a manner which set him apart from the Great Church. Little is known about the life of Montanus.

260 · Early Church

Montanus of Carthage (died 259) was a Christian martyr and a disciple of Cyprian of Carthage who died during the persecution of Valerian. He is a Christian saint commemorated, along with Saint Lucius and their companions, on May 23 in the West and February 24 in the East.

410–490 · Early Church

Movses Khorenatsi was a prominent Armenian historian from late antiquity and the author of the History of the Armenians. Movses's History of the Armenians was the first attempt at a universal history of Armenia and remains the only known general account of early Armenian history…

320–395 · Early Church

Moses the Black (Coptic: Ⲙⲟⲥⲉⲥ; Greek: Μωϋσῆς ὁ Αἰθίοψ, romanized: Mōüsês ho Aithíops; Arabic: موسى الحبشي; 330–405), also known as Moses the Strong, Moses the Robber, and Moses the Nubian , was a Nubian ascetic hieromonk in Egypt in the fourth century AD, and a Desert Father.

304 · Early Church

Saint Muci de Bizanci was born in Amphipolis and died in 304. He is recognized as a saint.

250–310 · Early Church

Saint Munditia (or Mundita) is venerated as a Christian martyr. Her relics are found in a side altar at St. Peter's Church (known as "Old Peter," Alter Peter) in Munich.

201–300 · Early Church

Mustiola (3rd century – 3rd century) was a Christian martyr whom the Catholic Church considers a saint. She is the patron saint of Chiusi and Scavolino, a hamlet of Pennabilli, as well as of Santa Mustiola.

488 · Early Church

Mél of Ardagh, also written Mel or Moel, was a 5th-century saint in Ireland who was a nephew of Saint Patrick. He was the son of Conis (or Chonis) and Patrick's sister, Darerca.

300–303 · Early Church

Nabor can refer to: People Animals Places Companies

150 · Early Church

Namphamon (died 198 or 200), also known as Namphamonem, Namphanion, or Namphanionem, was the first martyr of Africa (archimartyr). Along with his companions, the saints Miggine (or Mygdine), Lucita (or Lucitas), and Sanamis (or Sanaë), he suffered martyrdom at Madaurus in Numidia…

300–307 · Early Church

Narcissus of Girona was a 3rd-century bishop, either Spanish and native to Girona (according to the Flos Sanctorum) or a Scythian from the Gothia of southern Sweden—Västergötland or Östergötland—(according to the Cronicón de Liberato).

99–216 · Early Church

Saint Narcissus of Jerusalem (c. March 9, AD 99 – c. 216) was an early patriarch of Jerusalem. He is venerated as a saint by both the Western and Eastern Churches.

201–345 · Early Church

Saint Narnus (Italian: San Narno) is venerated as the first bishop of Bergamo. Christian tradition holds that he was consecrated during the Apostolic Age in his office by St. Barnabas, although Narnus probably lived later than that.

300–311 · Early Church

Adrian of Nicomedia (also known as Hadrian) or Saint Adrian (Greek: Ἁδριανὸς Νικομηδείας, romanized: Adrianos Nikomēdeias, died 4 March 306) was a Herculian Guard of the Roman Emperor Galerius.

1–56 · Early Church

Nazarius of Milan, or Saint Nazarius, was born in Rome in the first century of the Christian era. His father was a high-ranking official in the Roman army administration of African origin; his mother—whom the Church considers a saint named Saint Perpetua—was a Roman disciple of S…

320 · Early Church

Saint Nectarius of Auvergne (also known as Nectarius of St-Nectaire, Nectarius of Limagne, Necterius of Senneterre; French: Nectaire) is venerated as a 4th-century martyr and Christian missionary.

400–397 · Early Church

Nectarius of Constantinople (Greek: Νεκτάριος; died 27 September 397) was the archbishop of Constantinople from 381 until his death, the successor to Saint Gregory of Nazianzus and predecessor to John Chrysostom.

200 · Early Church

Nemesius of Emesa (Ancient Greek: Νεμέσιος Ἐμέσης; Latin: Nemesius Emesenus; fl. c. AD 390) was a Christian philosopher, and the author of a treatise Περὶ φύσεως ἀνθρώπου or De natura hominis ("On Human Nature").

294–310 · Early Church

Neophytos was born in Nicaea of Bithynia to Christian parents who were named Theodore and Florentia. During the Diocletianic Persecution he went to Nicaea and boldly denounced the pagan faith. He was killed by Roman soldiers in A.D.

365–396 · Early Church

Nepotian (Latin: Nepotianus; Altino, 365 – 396) was a Christian ascetic, venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. The nephew of Heliodorus, Bishop of Altino, through his mother, he initially pursued a military career.

300 · Early Church

Nera Tolomei was born in Siena in the year 300. She was a religious figure who is recognized as blessed.

101–250 · Early Church

Saint Nestor, also known as Saint Nestor of Perge or Hieromartyr Nestor of Magydos, was Bishop of Magydos in Pamphylia, in what is now modern Turkey. Little is known about Nestor.

100–65 · Early Church

Nestor of Palencia (died c. 65) is a legendary figure whom a late tradition, documented in historiographical works of the 16th and 17th centuries, claims to have been the first bishop of Palencia.

1–76 · Early Church

Nicanor was one of the Seven Deacons. He was martyred in 76. He is one of 5 out of the 7 deacons of the Seventy collectively feasted on July 28.

500–440 · Early Church

Saint Nicarete (5th century), was a woman of Nicomedia who became a saint as a disciple of St. John Chrysostom. She left her home specifically to study theology and practice devotion and care for the poor in Constantinople.

201–300 · Early Church

Saint Nicasius of Rouen (French: Nicaise de Rouen; d. perhaps c. 260), often known as the Apostle of the Vexin, was a 3rd-century saint and martyr in Gaul. He is sometimes considered the first Bishop of Rouen. While the Liber Eburneus of the cathedral of Rouen indicates St.

350–407 · Early Church

Saint Nicasius of Reims (French: Saint-Nicaise; d. 407 or 451) was a Bishop of Reims. He founded the first Reims Cathedral and is the patron saint of smallpox victims. Sources placing his death in 407 credit him with prophesying the invasion of France by the Vandals.

249 · Early Church

Nicaea , also known as Nikaia (Ancient Greek: Νίκαια, Attic: [nǐːkai̯a], Koine: [ˈnikεa]) or Nice , was an ancient Greek city in the northwestern Anatolian region of Bithynia.

450–485 · Early Church

Nicetas was the archbishop of Aquileia from 454 to 485. In the past, his life and deeds were conflated with Nicetas of Remesiana. In 452, he temporarily moved from Aquileia to the island of Grado, as the island was safer from attacks by groups moving west from the Eurasian Stepp…

335–414 · Early Church

Nicetas of Remesiana (c. 335 – 414) was an early Christian saint, writer, theologian and Bishop of Remesiana, which was then in the Roman province of Dacia Mediterranea.

400–372 · Early Church

Nicetas (Greek: Nικήτας) is a Christian martyr of the 4th century, venerated particularly in the Eastern Orthodox Church. His feastday is 15 September. Nicetas was of Gothic origin, living during the 4th century AD.

300–260 · Early Church

Saint Nicephorus was a Christian martyr during the reign of Emperor Valerian. In Antioch, the priest Sapricius and the layman Nicephorus were considered as brothers, but they quarreled to the point of not greeting one another if they met.

400–430 · Early Church

Saint Nilus the Elder of Sinai (Greek: Νείλος; also known as Neilos, Nilus of Sinai, Nilus of Ancyra, Nil Postnik ("the Faster"); born 4th century; died 12 November 430 or 451) was one of the many disciples and stalwart defenders of St. John Chrysostom.

360–432 · Early Church

Ninian is a Christian saint, first mentioned in the 8th century as being an early missionary among the Pictish peoples of what is now Scotland.

450–467 · Early Church

Saint Ninnoc or Ninnog of Breton (c. 414 – c. 4 June 467), also known as Nenooc, Nennoca, Nennocha, Ninnoc, Ninnocha, and Gwengustle, was an early medieval abbess born in Wales who died in Brittany.

374 · Early Church

Saint Nonna of Nazianzus (Greek: Νόννα) was the wife of Gregory of Nazianzus the Elder, and the mother of Gregory the Theologian, Caesarius, and Gorgonia. She lived in Cappadocia, a province of the Roman Empire in present-day central Turkey.

432 · Early Church

Nostrianus was Bishop of Naples, known for his opposition to Arianism and Pelagianism. In 439, he gave shelter to Bishop Quodvultdeus of Carthage, after the city's sacking by the Vandals.