戴克裡先迫害

讓-里奧·傑洛姆1883年所作《基督烈士的最後禱告》
戴克裡先迫害（Diocletianic Persecution）或稱作大迫害（Great Persecution），是羅馬帝國最後一次和最嚴重的一次對基督徒的鎮壓。303年羅馬帝國正處於四帝共治制，帝國東部主皇帝（奧古斯都）戴克裡先、帝國西部主皇帝馬克西米安、東部副皇帝（凱撒）伽列裡烏斯和西部副皇帝君士坦提烏斯一世頒布了一系列法令，廢除基督教的合法權益並要求他們遵守傳統的古羅馬宗教習俗。後來法令開始針對神職人員展開迫害，下令將這些民眾奉獻給羅馬眾神。
西部副皇帝及後來在305年成為西部主皇帝的君士坦提烏斯一世管治區的鎮壓比起其他3位皇帝較輕微，東部正副皇帝仍然繼續執行所有的禁令直到在313年西部皇帝君士坦丁大帝和東部皇帝李錫尼頒布《米蘭敕令》後，標誌著過去的迫害正式結束。

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**外部連結**
  A Chronological Chart of the Persecution with primary sources hyperlinked date=20081228002630 -  Persecution of Christians from Britannica date=20141023045037