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Martyrdom and persecution in the early church: a study of a conflict from the
Maccabees to Donatus
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and extending several years beyond the reign of
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839:. New York University Press, 1967. Reissued in 2008 by James Clarke Company, U.K.
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122:. Here are just a few of the names of martyrs as recorded by Eusebius in his work
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Eusebius recorded many accounts of martyrdoms in
Caesarea in his book
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The
Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries, 2 Volumes
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55:. Modern historians estimate that during this period, known as the
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in the 9th century that may have drawn on a 4th-century record by
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and the Great
Persecution, is a major source for identifying
292:(late 6th century) and in a miraculous martyrology by
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were executed under the authority of
Imperial edicts.
874:Christians martyred during the reign of Diocletian
25:before Diocletian, in a 14th-century mural in
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744:List of Christian women of the patristic age
39:(284−305) marked the final widespread
378:Nicasius, Quirinus, Scubiculus, and Pientia
804:. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 262.
853:. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979.
460:, 12 February 303, according to tradition
851:Continuity and Change in Roman Religion
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211:Saint Sebastian and Madonna with Saints
180:, Eusebius discusses the martyrdoms at
49:traditional religious practices of Rome
778:"Martyrs of Palestine, long recension"
478:, 23 April 303, according to tradition
332:The Flagellation of Erasmus of Formiae
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670:Cantius, Cantianus, and Cantianilla
497:, 8 May 303, according to tradition
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798:Harnack, Adolf (9 January 1997).
57:Diocletianic or Great Persecution
318:, 304, first recorded by Damasus
112:of Saint Timolaus and Companions
894:Persecution of early Christians
766:, 393–94; Liebeschuetz, 251–52.
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889:4th-century Christian martyrs
884:3rd-century Christian martyrs
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372:Martyrologium Hieronymianum
353:Eulalia of Mérida with the
288:, attested in the works of
270:Martyrologium Hieronymianum
231:Acts of Shmona and of Gurya
77:who lived through both the
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849:Liebeschuetz, J. H. W. G.
764:Martyrdom and Persecution
574:Agape, Chionia, and Irene
202:Attested in early sources
41:persecution of Christians
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714:, according to tradition
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390:, according to tradition
380:, according to tradition
133:Procopius of Scythopolis
125:The Martyrs of Palestine
119:The Martyrs of Palestine
51:in conjunction with the
336:Santa Maria in Via Lata
268:, 303, attested in the
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528:, according to legend
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536:Julian and Basilissa
526:Alexander of Bergamo
458:Eulalia of Barcelona
410:Victor of Marseilles
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170:Martyrs of Nicomedia
101:Martyrs of Palestine
95:Christian literature
879:Lists of Christians
672:, 304, reported by
394:Mark and Marcellian
369:, according to the
274:Fasti vindobonenses
151:Romanus of Caesarea
689:Acacius of Sebaste
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