Christian martyrs executed by decapitation

English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478–1535)

1st-century Jewish itinerant preacher (Bible)

one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus

Bishop of Rome from 257 to 258

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.

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 martyr

early Christian saint and martyr, from Nicomedia

saint (275–304) usually shown with a dragon (292–307)

English Roman Catholic cardinal and saint (c. 1469–1535)

3rd-century Bishop of Paris and saint

Korean Catholic saint (1821–1846)

Saint Hermenegild or Ermengild (died 13 April 585; ; , from Gothic 𐌹𐍂𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳𐍃 *Airmana-gild, "immense tribute"), was the son of King Liuvigild of the Visigothic Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula and southern France. He fell out with his father in 579, then revolted the following year. During his rebellion, he converted from Arianism to Catholicism. Hermenegild was defeated in 584 and exiled. His death was later celebrated as a martyrdom due to the influence of Pope Gregory I's Dialogues, in which he portrayed Hermenegild as a "Catholic martyr rebelling against the tyranny of an Aria

Croatian priest, martyr and saint

9th-century Spanish Orthodox bishop and saint

saint

Christian patron saints of cobblers, tanners, and leather workers

Russian soldier (1977–1996)

Vietnamese Catholic martyr (1795–1839)

Persecution of Christians in the Modern Era and 21st century Christian Martyrs and Saints

Polish Jesuit, saint, martyr

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

Christian martyr

Christian martyr and saint

Roman comedian, actor and Christian martyr

santa

French Catholic missionary and saint

Italian franciscan friar, missionary, bishop, martyr, Catholic saint (1833-1900)

French missionary and saint (1818-1866)

Christian martyrs

Christian martyrs of the Roman era

Welsh Catholic martyr and bard

French martyr and saint (1822–1851)

English Roman Catholic martyr

Vietnamese mandarin official (1808–1857)

Austrian priest (1897-1943)

Eastern Orthodox saints; martyrs

Portuguese bishop and saint

Korean Roman Catholic saint and martyr

Gallo-Roman saint

Ugandan Roman Catholic martyr (1860–1885)

Sichuanese catholic saint (1815-1862)

Bulgarian saint

Bulgarian saint

Iranian saint

4th-century Christian saint

Armenian presbyter (1656-1707)

Ugandan Roman Catholic martyr

4th-century Christian martyr

Polish resistance fighter and Roman Catholic martyr (1919–1942)

Swiss bible translator

Ahudemmeh was the Grand Metropolitan of the East in the Syriac Orthodox Church from 559 until his execution in 575. He was known as the Apostle of the Arabs, and is commemorated as a saint by the Syriac Orthodox Church.

Eastern Orthodox bishop and saint