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Apollinaris Claudius
2nd century Christian writer and bishop
Macrina the Elder
Mother of Saint Basil the Elder
Isaac of Dalmatia
Greek saint
Anthimus of Nicomedia
bishop of Nicomedia
Alexander of Comana
bishop of Comana in Pontus(died c. 251)
Saint Sarkis the Warrior
Armenian form of Sergius
Gregory of Nazianzus the Elder
Bishop of Nazianzus
Thyrsus of Apollonia
Christian martyr and saint
Clement of Ancyra
bishop
Auxentius of Bithynia
hermit
Diomedes of Tarsus
Greek saint and martyr
Phocas, bishop of Sinope
Bishop of Sinope
Philologus of Sinope
Saint and numbered among the Seventy Disciples
Hyacinth of Caesarea
Christian martyr
Phocas of Sinope
saint
Eugenios of Trebizond
Greek saint
Gordius
Roman officer and Christian martyr
Theodotus of Ancyra
Anatolia saint
Nestor of Magydos
Greek bishop and saint
Firmilian
Firmilian (Greek: Φιρμιλιανός, Latin: Firmilianus, died c. 269 AD), Bishop of Caesarea Mazaca from , was a disciple of Origen. He had a contemporary reputation comparable to that of Dionysius of Alexandria or Cyprian, bishop of Carthage. He took an active part in the mid-3rd century controversies over rebaptising heretics and readmitting lapsed Christians after the persecutions of Decius and was excommunicated by Pope Stephen I for his position. A single letter of Firmilian to Cyprian survives among Cyprian's correspondence. Jerome omits Firmilian from De viris illustribus. "To his contemporar
Gaius of Ephesus
Bishop of Ephesus and one of the Seventy Disciples of Jesus
20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia
Victims of persecution of Christians in Nicomedia
Nonna of Nazianzus
Wife of Gregory of Nazianzus the Elder
Gorgonius
Gorgonius or Gorgon () was a Christian who was martyred in AD 304 alongside Peter Cubicularius and a certain Dorotheus at Nicomedia during the Diocletianic Persecution.
Fausta of Cyzicus
early 4th century Roman saint
Andeolus
Andeolus or Andéol is an alleged Christian missionary martyred in Gaul.
Paraskevi of Iconium
Christian martyr
Domitian of Melitene
Byzantine bishop and saint
Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia
guard of Roman emperor Galerius (died 306)
Ariadne of Phrygia
2nd-century Christian saint
Abudimus
Abudimus (; died 305) was a Greek Christian martyr also known as Abudemius of Tenedos.
Philip of Agira
saint
Dalmatius of Constantinople
Byzantine saint
Menodora, Metrodora, and Nymphodora
catholic Saints & Martyrs
Agathangelus of Rome
Christian martyr and saint
Gorgonia
daughter of Saint Gregory the Elder
Basil the Elder
Roman saint
Theodoret of Antioch
Anatolian saint
Sergius of Cappadocia
Greek saint
Elpidius the Cappadocian
Abbot and saint
Aedesius of Alexandria
saint
Asterius, Claudius and Neon
group of martyrs
Nicarete
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Thraseas
Saint Thraseas (? – 170) was a martyr under the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Prior to his death he served as Bishop of Eumenia, Phrygia, in Asia Minor.
Epipodius and Alexander
Christian saints and martyrs
Agathonicus
Saint Agathonicus (Greek: Αγαθόνικος) was a 3rd-century citizen of Nicomedia. While living in Greece, he taught the Greeks about Christianity. Meanwhile, the imperial governor began persecuting Christians, following the orders of Emperor Maximian. In this persecution, Agathonicus' companion Zoticus was seized in Carpe, and his followers were crucified. He was sent to Nicomedia, where Agathonicus and his companions Princeps, Theoprepius, Acyndinus, Severian, Zeno, along with many others, were then taken to Byzantium. On this journey, many of the companions died from exhaustion and abuse, and th
Tertius of Iconium
Christian bishop
Trophimus, Sabbatius, and Dorymedon
3rd-century Christian martyrs
Athenogenes of Pedachtoë
ancient Armenian Christian martyr
Sagar
Greek bishop and saint (died 175)
Abraham Kidunaia
Anatolian Roman Catholic saint
Tryphaena of Cyzicus
Christian martyr
Theosebia
Saint Theosebia ( Theosebeia), also known as Theosebia the Deaconess, was a 4th-century Christian leader, who is honored as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church. In the Catholic Church, she is referred to as Blessed Theosebia the Deaconess. She has also been referred to as a Presbyter.
Theodula of Anazarbus
Christian saint
Germanicus of Smyrna
Greek saint