3rd-century Christian martyrs

Bishop of Rome from 257 to 258

Bishop of Rome from c. 218 to c. 223

pope Saint (251 to 253)

pope and bishop of Rome from 236 to 250

Pope and bishop of Rome from 269 to 274

Saint Valentine was a 3rd-century Roman saint, commemorated in Western Christianity on February 14 and in Eastern Orthodoxy on July 6. From the High Middle Ages, his feast day has been associated with a tradition of courtly love. He is also a patron saint of Terni, epilepsy, and beekeepers. Saint Valentine was a clergyman – either a priest or a bishop – in the Roman Empire who ministered to persecuted Christians. He was martyred and his body buried on the Via Flaminia on February 14, which has been observed as the Feast of Saint Valentine since at least the eighth century.

Christian saint and martyr (256–288)

Christian saint, martyr and a deacon of Rome (225-258)

Cyprian (; ; to 14 September 258 AD) 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.

Christian saint and martyress (235–261)

early Christian saint and martyr, from Nicomedia

saint in the Catholic and Orthodox church

Christian theologian and saint (c. 170 – c. 235)

twins and early Christian martyrs born in Arabia

3rd-century Bishop of Paris and saint

Egyptian saint and leader of the legendary Roman Theban Legion

early 3rd century Carthaginian Christian martyrs

Christian female saint and martyr

Saturnin of Toulouse (, , , , and , , and ) was one of the "Apostles to the Gauls" sent out (probably under the direction of Pope Fabian, 236–250) during the consulate of Decius and Gratus (250–251) to Christianise Gaul after the persecutions under Emperor Decius had all but dissolved the small Christian communities. Fabian sent out seven bishops from Rome to Gaul to preach the Gospel: Gatien to Tours, Trophimus to Arles, Paul to Narbonne, Saturnin to Toulouse, Denis to Paris, Austromoine to Clermont, and Martial to Limoges. His feast day is 29 November.

group of Egyptian saints

Tarsicius or Tarcisius was a martyr of the early Christian church who lived in the 3rd century. The little that is known about him comes from a metrical inscription by Pope Damasus I, who was pope in the second half of the 4th century.

Christian bishop and saint

deacon and martyr

saint

Fermin (also Firmin, from Latin Firminus; Spanish Fermín) was a holy man and martyr, traditionally venerated as the co-patron saint of Navarre, Spain. He was born in the mid 3rd century, so his death may be associated with the Diocletianic Persecution (303).

Saint Charalambos or Haralambos () was an early Christian priest in Magnesia on the Maeander, a city in Asia Minor, in the diocese of the same name. His name means glowing with joy in Greek. He lived during the reign of Septimius Severus (193–211), when Lucian was Proconsul of Magnesia. According to one source, at the time of his martyrdom in 202, Charalambos was 113 years old.

Greek soldier and Christian martyr (died 250)

Roman Christian martyr (died c 258)

Hripsime (; died ) was a martyr of Roman origin. The story of her martyrdom is connected with the traditional account of the Christianization of Armenia. She and her companions in martyrdom are venerated as some of the first Christian martyrs of Armenia. Saint Hripsime Church in Vagharshapat, where she is buried, is one of Armenia's most visited shrines.

semi-legendary child-martyr

Christian martyr

Gallo-Roman saint

priest and saint

Patriarch of Antioch from 237 to 253

Christian martyr

Saint Polyeuctus (also Polyeuctes, Polyeuktos, Greek: Πολύευκτος) of Melitene (died 10 January 259) is a Christian saint from the Roman era.

Saint Fructuosus of Tarragona (, , died 259) was a Christian saint, bishop and martyr. His is an important name in the early history of Christianity in Hispania. He was bishop of Tarragona and was arrested during the persecutions of Christians under the Roman Emperor Valerian (reigned 253 – 260). Along with him were two deacons, St. Augurius and St. Eulogius. In 259, he was questioned by the praeses Aemilianus and burned at the stake in the local amphitheatre in Tarraco. The Acta of the martyrdom of the bishop Fructuosus and his deacons Augurius and Eulogius document his legend; they are

Christian martyrs of the 3rd century

virgin martyr and saint of the Catholic Church

Gallo-Roman saint

Castulus (died 286) is venerated as a martyr and saint. According to tradition, he was the chamberlain (or officer, valet) of Emperor Diocletian and the husband of Irene of Rome.

martyrs and saints in Early Christianity

Coptic Orthodox and Roman Catholic saints

Egyptian saint

Egyptian saint

Christian saint

Gallo-Roman saint

saintly virgin associated with Sens in France and a fountain named d'Azon

widow who tended to Saint Sebastian

Christian saints and martyrs

Late 3rd-century bishop and Christian martyr

venerated as martyrs

16 year old Christian Saint martyred in 274

saint martyred 298 AD

Egyptian saint

Christian martyr and saint

Christian martyr and father of Origen (died 202)

Christian martyrs

third-century Christian martyr

Bishop of Auxerre