Legendary Romans

pope of the Catholic Church from 283 to 296

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

two time Roman dictator

thumb|Illustration from the Rabbula Gospels, AD 586: Longinus is labelled "". Longinus (Greek: Λογγίνος) is the name of a Roman soldier who supposedly pierced the side of Jesus with a lance, who in apostolic and some modern Christian traditions is described as a convert to Christianity. His name first appeared in the apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus. The lance is called in Catholic Christianity the "Holy Lance" (lancea) and the story is related in the Gospel of John during the Crucifixion. This act is said to have created the last of the Five Holy Wounds of Christ.

Sammarinese saint

Egyptian saint and leader of the legendary Roman Theban Legion

Frankish saint

Christian hermit

Roman Catholic saint

Christian martyr

Anatolian saint

Christian saint and martyr

group of Egyptian saints

Flavia Valeria Constantina (also sometimes called Constantia and Constantiana; ; b. after 307/before 317 – d. 354), later known as Saint Constance, was the eldest daughter of Roman emperor Constantine the Great and his second wife Fausta, daughter of Emperor Maximian. Constantina may have received the title of Augusta from her father, and is venerated as a saint, having developed a medieval legend wildly at variance with what is known of her actual character.

Euphemia (; 'well-spoken [of]'), known as Euphemia the All-praised in the Eastern Orthodox Church, was a virgin martyr, who died for her faith at Chalcedon in 303 AD.

Anatolian saint

Pelagia (, d. 457), distinguished as Pelagia of Antioch, Pelagia the Penitent, and Pelagia the Harlot, was a Christian saint and hermit in the 4th or 5th century. Her feast day was celebrated on 8 October, originally in common with Saints Pelagia the Virgin and Pelagia of Tarsus. Pelagia died as a result of extreme asceticism, which had emaciated her to the point she could no longer be recognized. According to Orthodox tradition, she was buried in her cell on the Mount of Olives. Upon the discovery that the renowned monk had been a woman, the holy fathers tried to keep it a secret, but the gos

saint

Cyriacus (, fl. 303 AD), sometimes Anglicized as Cyriac, according to Christian tradition, is a Christian martyr who was killed in the Diocletianic Persecution. He is one of twenty-seven saints, most of them martyrs, who bear this name, of whom only seven are honoured by a specific mention of their names in Roman Martyrology.

legendary figure

Christian martyr

5th century Byzantine saint

thumb|Cloelia in the 16th-century Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum|Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum thumb|16th century piece by Pierre Milan and René Boyvin depicting one account of Cloelia's escape Cloelia () was a legendary woman from the early history of ancient Rome.

Italian martyr and saint

Stremonius or Saint Austremonius or Saint Stramonius or Austromoine, the "apostle of Auvergne," was the first Bishop of Clermont. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.

Roman comedian, actor and Christian martyr

pair of Christian martyrs

martyrs and saints in Early Christianity

Roman-Catholic saint and Bishop and founder of the diocese of Tongeren.

Roman saint

Gallo-Roman saint

Roman Christian martyrs

Pudentiana is a virgin and martyr of the 2nd century who refused to worship the Roman Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Antoninus Pius as deities. She is sometimes locally known as "Potentiana" and is often coupled with her sister, Praxedes the martyress.

2nd century Roman martyr and German saint

Bishop of Arezzo

Byzantine saint

Gereon of Cologne (), who may have been a soldier, was martyred at Cologne by beheading, probably in the early 4th century.

group of legendary saints

legendary Roman founder of Antwerp

early Christian saints

Christian martyrs

Sagramore, also known as Sagramor or Sagremor and many other variations of this name, is a ubiquitous knight of the Round Table in the Arthurian legend. He appears in nearly all of the Arthurian standalone and cyclical chivalric romances, including some in which he is the titular protagonist. Sagramore's characterisation varies from story to story, but generally he features as a virtuous but hot-tempered knight who fights fiercely and ragefully.

legendary Western Roman Emperor

Maturinus, or Mathurin (died ca. 300 AD) was a Gallo-Roman exorcist and missionary venerated as a saint.

Christian martyrs

Roman legionaries and martyrs

thumb|Stephaton, to the right of Jesus, in the earliest crucifixion in an illuminated manuscript, from the Syriac [[Rabbula Gospels, 586. Unlike Longinus, he is not named here]] thumb|James Tissot's depiction. Here, the hyssop stick is used as a kind of straw, and "Stephaton" squeezes the sponge. (, [[gouache over graphite on grey wove paper)]] Stephaton, or Steven, is the name given in medieval Christian traditions to the Roman soldier or bystander, unnamed in the Bible, who offered Jesus a sponge soaked in vinegar wine at the Crucifixion. In later depictions of the Crucifixion, Stephaton is