Some Roman Catholic writers (such as Thomas Cahill) continue to use a system of degrees of martyrdom that was developed in early Christianity.
•
The age of martyrs also forced the church to confront theological issues such as the proper response to those Christians who “lapsed” and renounced the Christian faith to save their lives: were they to be allowed back into the Church?
Christian | Hans Christian Andersen | Christian Dior | Christian music | Christian cross | Christian Brothers | Congregation of Christian Brothers | Christian IV of Denmark | Contemporary Christian music | Christian Slater | Christian rock | Christian metal | Christian Broadcasting Network | The Christian Science Monitor | Southern Christian Leadership Conference | Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools | Christian Church | Union of Christian and Centre Democrats | Christian V of Denmark | Christian theology | Christian Marclay | Christian Lindberg | Johann Christian Bach | Christian Kane | International Christian University | Fellowship of Christian Athletes | Christian Settipani | Christian Morgenstern | Christian ministry | Christian Death |
The Massa Candida were 300 early Christian martyrs from Utica who chose death rather than offering incense to Roman Gods, in approximately 253-60 AD.
The medieval gallery covers Saint Alban, who was the first Christian martyr in Britain, together with St Albans Abbey that was founded on the site where he was martyred.
There is some conjecture that he was a martyr in Rome, a conjecture that entered earlier editions of the Breviary.
Saints Severinus, Exuperius, and Felician were martyrs put to death under Emperor Marcus Aurelius at Vienne, Gaul.
When Orderic reached the legal age for profession as a monk, his monastic superiors gave him the religious name of Vitalis (after a member of the legendary Theban Legion of Christian martyrs) because they found a difficulty in pronouncing his unusual baptismal name.
Besides its martyred bishops, Syracuse claims other Christian martyrs, such as St. Benignus and St. Eugarius (204), St. Bassianus (270); and the martyrdom of the deacon Euplus and the virgin St. Lucy under Diocletian are thought to be historical.
Saints Cosmas and Damian, twins and early Christian martyrs born in Arabia
It was at Thuburbo Minus that the Christian martyrs Perpetua and Felicity with their companions were arrested.