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Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia:
Saint Adrian or Hadrian of Nicomedia was a Herculian Guard of the Roman Emperor Galerius Maximian. After becoming a convert to C...
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Aedesius of Alexandria:
Saint Aedesius of Alexandria (also Edese or Edesius) (died 306) was an early Christian martyred under Galerius Maximianus. He wa...
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Agathangelus of Rome:
Saint Agathangelus of Rome (died 312), was a Roman deacon and disciple of Clement of Ancyra, was a martyr during the reign of em...
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Agathius:
Saint Agathius, also known as Achatius or Acacius of Byzantium was a Cappadocian centurion of the imperial army. He was arreste...
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Alexander of Comana:
Saint Alexander of Comana (died c. 251), known as "the charcoal burner", was Bishop of Comana in Pontus. Whether he was the fir...
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Alexander of Constantinople:
Saint Alexander of Constantinople (born between 237 and 244 - 337) was bishop of Byzantium and the bishop of ConstantinopleTheod...
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Andrew of Lampsacus:
Saint Andrew (3rd century) was a martyr in Lampsacus, a city of Mysia, in the persecution of Decius. He and two companions were ...
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Andronicus, Probus, and Tarachus:
Saints Andronicus, Probus (Provos), and Tarachus were martyrs of the Diocletian persecution (about 304 AD). The Martyrologium H...
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Anthimus of Nicomedia:
Anthimus of Nicomedia , was the bishop of Nicomedia in Bithynia, where he was beheaded during a persecution of Christians, tradi...
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Antipas of Pergamum:
Saint Antipas is referred to in the Book of Revelation as the "faithful martyr" of Pergamon. According to Christian tradition,...
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Apollinaris Claudius:
Saint Apollinaris Claudius, otherwise Apollinaris of Hierapolis or Apollinaris the Apologist, was a Christian leader and writer ...
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Archbishop Nectarius of Constantinople:
Nectarius (died 397 or 398) was the archbishop of Constantinople from AD 381 until his death, the successor to Saint Gregory Naz...
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Arthelais:
Saint Arthelais (544560) is venerated as a Christian saint. She is one of the patron saints of Benevento. Her feast day is Ma...
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Auxentius of Bithynia:
Auxentius of Bithynia was a hermit born circa 400 AD in Syria, and died February 14, 473 on Mount Scopas).
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Auxentius of Mopsuestia:
Auxentius of Mopsuestia (died 360) was bishop of Mopsuestia, and is a saint in the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches....
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Basil of Caesarea:
Basil of Caesarea, also called Saint Basil the Great , was the Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey)...
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Basil the Elder:
Saint Basil the Elder raised in Neocaesarea in Pontus. The son of Macrina the Elder, Basil is said to have moved with the famil...
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Caesarius of Nazianzus:
For others with this name, see Caesarius.
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Clement of Ancyra:
Hieromartyr Clement, Bishop of Ancyra or simply Clement of Ancyra (c. 258-312) (born in Ancyra present-day Turkey) was a bishop ...
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Constantina:
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Constantine I:
Flavius Valerius Aurelius ConstantinusIn (Latin Constantine's official imperial title was IMPERATOR CAESAR FLAVIVS CONSTANTINVS ...
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Constantine XI:
Constantine XI Palaiologos or Palaeologus was the last reigning Roman Emperor. A member of the Palaiologos dynasty, he ruled th...
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Dalmatius of Constantinople:
Saint Dalmatius (d. 440 AD) was a saint venerated in Constantinople. An archimandrite, he was an opponent of the Nestorians. H...
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Dorothea of Caesarea:
Saint Dorothea (d. ca. 311) is venerated as a 4th century virgin martyr who was executed at Caesarea Mazaca. Very sparse docum...
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Elpidius the Cappadocian:
Saint Elpidius the Cappadocian (4th century) was an abbot and saint of Asia Minor. Tradition states that he lived in a cave in...
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Epaphroditus:
Epaphroditus is a saint of the Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church, first Bishop of Philippi, and of Andriacia in Asia Minor...
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Gregory of Nazianzus:
Gregory of Nazianzus (329 January 25 389) (also known as Gregory the Theologian or Gregory Nazianzen) was a 4th-century Archbis...
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Gregory of Nyssa:
Gregory of Nyssa was a Christian bishop and saint. He was a younger brother of Basil the Great and a good friend of Gregory Na...
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Gregory Thaumaturgus:
Saint Gregory of Neocaesarea, also known as Gregory Thaumaturgus or Gregory the Wonderworker, (ca. 213 ca. 270 AD) was a Christ...
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Juliana of Nicomedia:
Saint Juliana of Nicomedia is said to have suffered Christian martyrdom during the Diocletian persecution in 304. She was popula...
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Lorgius:
Saint Lorgius ( and San Lorgio) is venerated as a martyr. He was martyred at Caesarea Mazaca, Cappadocia. Due to a confusion ...
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Lucian of Antioch:
Saint Lucian of Antioch was an early and extremely influential theologian and teacher of Christianity, particularly for the Eas...
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Lydia of Thyatira:
Lydia of Thyatira was the first recorded convert to Christianity in Europe.
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Macrina the Elder:
Saint Macrina the Elder (before 270 - c. 340) was the mother of Saint Basil the Elder, and the grandmother of Basil the Great, S...
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Macrina the Younger:
Saint Macrina the Younger (324 - 379) was born at Caesarea, Cappadocia. Her parents were Basil the Elder and Emmelia, and her g...
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Mammes of Caesarea:
"Mammes" redirects here. For the cyclist, see Bernard Mammes.
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Margaret the Virgin:
Saint Margaret,also known as Margaret of Antioch (in Pisidia), virgin and martyr, is celebrated by the Roman Catholic and Anglic...
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Maximus the Confessor:
Saint Maximus the Confessor (also known as Maximus the Theologian and Maximus de Constantinople) (c. 580 13 August 662) was a C...
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Nicarete:
Saint Nicarete (? 5th century), was a woman of Nicomedia who became a saint as a disciple of St. John Chrysostom. She left her ...
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Nikephoros I of Constantinople:
St. Nikephoros I or Nicephorus I , was a Christian Byzantine writer and Patriarch of Constantinople from April 12, 806 to March...
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Nonna of Nazianzus:
Saint Nonna of Nazianzus was the wife of Gregory of Nazianzus the Elder, and the mother of Gregory the Theologian, Caesarius, an...
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Onesimus:
Saint Onesimus (d. ca. 90-95) was a slave to Philemon of Colossae, a man of Christian faith. Eventually, Onesimus transgressed ...
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Pancras of Taormina:
Saint Pancras or Pancratius is said to have been born in Antioch in Cilicia (the modern Adana). According to tradition, he trav...
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Patriarch Ignatius of Constantinople:
St. Ignatius or Ignatios , Patriarch of Constantinople from July 4, 847 to October 23, 858 and from November 23, 867 to his dea...
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Patriarch Tarasios of Constantinople:
Saint Tarasios or Saint Tarasius , , Patriarch of Constantinople from December 25, 784 until his death in 806.
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Peter of Atroa:
Peter of Atroa (773-837) was an abbot who was later canonized as a saint.
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Peter of Sebaste:
Peter of Sebaste (ca. 340 391) was a bishop, taking his usual name from the city of his bishopry, Sebaste in Armenia.
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Philemon (New Testament person):
Philemon was the recipient of a private letter from Paul of Tarsus. This Epistle to Philemon, is found in the New Testament.
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Polycarp:
Saint Polycarp of Smyrna (ca. 69 ca. 155) was a second century bishop of Smyrna. He died a martyr when he was stabbed after an ...
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Polyeuctus:
Saint Polyeuctus of Melitene is an ancient Roman saint. Christian tradition states that he was a wealthy Roman army officer w...
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Proclus of Constantinople:
Saint Proclus (died July 446 or 447) was an Archbishop of Constantinople. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Chu...
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Pulcheria:
Aelia Pulcheria was the daughter of the Eastern Roman Emperor Arcadius and Aelia Eudoxia.
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Quintus of Phrygia:
Quintus (Cointus) the Wonder-Worker (d. ca. 285) is a saint and thaumaturge of the Eastern Orthodox Church. His feast day is M...
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Sabbas the Sanctified:
Sabbas the Sanctified (439-531/532) was a Cappadocean-Greek monk, priest and saint, lived mainly in Palestine. He was the founde...
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Saint Barbara:
Saint Barbara, known in the Eastern Orthodox Church as the Great Martyr Barbara, was a Christian saint and martyr. Although ther...
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Saint Gorgonia:
Saint Gorgonia (died 23 February 375) was the daughter of Saint Gregory the Elder and Saint Nonna. She is remembered in both We...
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Saint Mercurius:
Great-martyr Mercurius (224 250) was a Christian saint and martyr. Born Philopater in the city of Eskentos in Cappadocia, Easte...
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Saint Nicholas:
Saint Nicholas is the common name for Nicholas of Myra, a Christian saint and Bishop of Myra in Lycia of Anatolia . Because of ...
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Saint Pantaleon:
Saint Pantaleon , counted in the West among the late-medieval Fourteen Holy Helpers and in the East as one of the Holy Unmercena...
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Saint Phocas:
Saint Phocas, sometimes called Phocas the Gardener or Phocas of Sinope, is venerated as a martyr by the Catholic and Eastern Ort...
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Saint Thyrsus:
Saint Thyrsus or Thyrsos (died 251) is venerated as a Christian martyr. He was killed for his faith in Sozopolis (Apollonia), P...
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Seven Sleepers:
The Roman Martyrology mentions the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus under the date of 27 July, as follows: "Commemoration of the seven ...
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Theodore of Amasea:
Saint Theodore of Amasea is one of the Greek military saints of the 4th century, the earlier patron saint of Venice, now outsho...
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Theodore of Tarsus:
Theodore was the eighth Archbishop of Canterbury, best known for his reform of the English Church and establishment of a school...
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Theodore the Studite:
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Theodorus and Theophanes:
Saints Theodorus (ca. 775-ca. 842) and Theophanes (ca. 778-845), called the Grapti , are remembered as proponents of the venerat...
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Theodotus of Ancyra:
The name Theodotus of Ancyra may refer to either of two early Christians: one a fifth-century bishop of Ancyra (modern Ankara); ...
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Theophanes the Confessor:
Saint Theophanes Confessor was a Byzantine aristocratic, ascetic monk and chronicler. He is venerated on March 12 in the Roman...
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Theophilus of Adana:
Saint Theophilus the Penitent or Theophilus of Adana (died ca. 538) was an Orthodox cleric in the sixth century Church who is sa...
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Timothy:
For other uses of "Timothy," see Timothy (disambiguation).
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Tryphon, Respicius, and Nympha:
Saints Tryphon (Trypho), Respicius, and Nympha (Ninfa) are Christian saints who were formerly celebrated jointly on 10 November ...
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