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List of Christian martyrs

This is a list of reputed martyrs of Christianity. The list can never be fully complete, and it includes only notable people with Wikipedia articles. Not all Christian denominations accept every figure on this list as a martyr or Christian; see the linked articles for fuller discussion. In many denominations of Christianity, martyrdom is considered a direct path to sainthood and many names on this list are recognized as saints in one or more denominations. 
Apostolic Age—1st century

According to Acts of the Apostles
Saint Stephen 
James, son of Zebedee 
According to Josephus
James, brother of Jesus [1]
According to early Christian tradition
Saint Peter, first attested by Tertullian about AD 200[2]
Paul the Apostle, first attested by Ignatius probably about AD 110[3]
According to late or local Christian tradition
Mark the Evangelist[4]
Philip the Apostle - conflicting accounts [5]
Andrew the Apostle[6]
Jude the Apostle [7]
Bartholomew the Apostle - conflicting accounts[8]
Thomas the Apostle[9]
Largely or wholly legendary
Simon the Zealot, varying and contradictory late traditions.[10][11]
Age of Martyrdom—2nd to 4th centuries


According to early Christian tradition or with some historical attestation within a hundred years of the event
Polycarp of Smyrna[12]
Justin Martyr[13]
Scillitan Martyrs[14]
Perpetua and Felicity[15]
Ptolemaeus and Lucius[16]
Pothinus, bishop of Lyon, with Blandina and several others, the "Martyrs of Lyon and Vienne"[17][18]
Pope Fabian[19]
Saint Sebastian[20]
Shmona and Gurya[21]
Saint Agnes[22]
Felix and Adauctus[23]
Marcellinus and Peter[24]
Forty Martyrs of Sebaste[25]
Euphemia[26]
Cyprian[27]
Tarcisius
According to late Christian tradition or with some historical attestation more than a hundred years after the event
Saint Alban[28]
Ignatius of Antioch[29]
Gelasinus[30]
Saint Pancras[31]
Saint Valentine[32]
Saint Petronilla[33]
Largely or wholly legendary
Saint Afra [34]
Saint George[35]
Januarius[36]
Vincent of Saragossa[37]
Saint Behnam[38]
Saint Lucy[39]
Lawrence of Rome[40]
Saint Cecilia[41]
Catherine of Alexandria[42]
Vitus[43]
Pelagia of Tarsus[44]
Sophia the Martyr and her three daughters Faith, Hope and Charity[45]
Middle Ages—5th to 15th centuries

Valentine and Engratia, ca. 715, Hermit martyrs of Segovia
Ludmila of Bohemia, 921
King Edward the Martyr, 979
Jovan Vladimir, 1014
Stanislaus of Szczepanów, 1079
Saint Thomas Becket, 1170
Buzád Hahót, 1241
Tsar Lazar, 1389
John of Nepomuk, 1393
John Huss (Jan Huss), 1415
Jerome of Prague, 1416
Joan of Arc, 1431
Reformation Era—16th century



Jan de Bakker, 1525, burned at the stake
Felix Manz, 1527
Patrick Hamilton, 1528
George Blaurock, 1529
St Thomas More, 1535, executed
St John Fisher, 1535
William Tyndale, 1535
Carthusian Martyrs, 1535–1537
St. Arthur of Glastonbury, 1539
Margaret Pole, 1541
Juan de Padilla, Spanish missionary to New Mexico, 1542
Anne Askew, 1546
George Wishart, 1546
Matthew Hammond, 1549
Luis de Cancer, Spanish missionary to La Florida, 1549
Lady Jane Grey, 1554
Hugh Latimer, 1555
Nicholas Ridley, 1555
Rowland Taylor, 1555
John Hooper, 1555
John Rogers, 1555
William Hunter, 1555
Lawrence Saunders, 1555
Thomas Cranmer, 1556
Dirk Willems, 1569
Martyrs of Gorkum, 1572, including Nicholas Pieck and John of Cologne
St Edmund Campion, 1581
Margaret Ball, 1584
The Forty Martyrs of England and Wales, various dates
Modern Era—17th to 21st centuries


Martyrs of Japan, 1597-1639, (see also Kakure Kirishitan)
Francis Taylor, 1621
Vietnamese Martyrs, 1625 - 1886
Magdalene of Nagasaki, 1634
Lorenzo Ruiz, 1637
Canadian Martyrs, North American Martyrs, 1642–1649
Arthur Bell, O.F.M., 1643
Isaac Jogues, S.J., 1646
John de Britto, 1647-1693, born in Portugal and beheaded in India
Francis Ferdinand de Capillas, O.P., 1648, missionary to China
Diego Luis de San Vitores, S.J., and Pedro Calungsod, 1672
Feodosia Morozova, 1675, Russian Old Believer
Oliver Plunkett, 1681, Archbishop of Armagh
Felipe Songsong, S.J., 1685
Devasahayam Pillai, 1712-1752
Constantin Brâncoveanu, 1714
Vicente Liem de la Paz, O.P., 1773
Luís Jayme, O.F.M., Spanish missionary to Alta California, 1775
Cosmas of Aetolia, 1779
Francisco Garcés, Spanish missionary to Alta California, 1781
Martyrs of Compiegne, 1794
Andrés Quintana, Spanish missionary to Alta California, 1812
Chinese Martyrs (various Christian denominations), 19th and 20th centuries
Pedro Marieluz Garces, 1825
Andrew Dung-Lac (Vietnamese Catholic), 1839
Hyrum Smith, 1844
Korean Martyrs, 1839, 1846, 1866
Peter Chanel, S.M., 1841
Andrew Kim Taegon, 1846
Marcus Whitman, Narcissa Whitman, and companions, 1847
Lucy Yi Zhenmei, one of the 19th century Chinese Catholic Martyrs, 1862
Thomas Baker, 1867, English missionary killed and eaten, Fiji
Martyrs of Uganda, 1885–1887
Amandina of Schakkebroek, F.M.M., 1900
Maria Goretti (also a rape victim), 1902
Armenian Martyrs, 1915-1923[46]
Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna, 1918
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Family, 1918
Nun Barbara (Yakovleva), 1918
Gregory of Cydonia, 1922
Saints of the Cristero War 1926-1927, including:
Miguel Pro, S.J., 1927
Cristóbal Magallanes Jara, 1927
Mateo Correa Magallanes, 1927
Toribio Romo González, 1928
Manche Masemola, (1913–1928)
José Sánchez del Río 1928
Innocencio of Mary Immaculate, C.P., 1934
Bartolome Blanco Marquez, 1936
Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War 1934, 1936–1939
Alexander Hotovitzky, 1937
Peter of Jesus Maldonado, 1937
Paul Schneider (pastor), 1939
Martyrs of Songkhon, 1940
Maximilian Kolbe, O.F.M.Cap., 1941, died at Auschwitz
Edith Stein O.C.D., 1942, died at Auschwitz
Gorazd, 1942, Bishop of Prauge
Lucian Tapiedi, 1942
Franz Jägerstätter, 1943
Dusty Miller, 1945, a Methodist layman killed as a P.O.W. of the Japanese in Thailand during World War II
Marcel Callo, 1945
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 1945, Lutheran pastor and member of the German Resistance
Rolando Rivi, fourteen-year-old seminarian, 1945
Peter To Rot, 1945
Martyrs of Albania, 1945-1974
Theodore Romzha, 1947, Ruthenian Eparch of Mukachevo
Nykyta Budka, 1949, Ukrainian Bishop of Canada, died in Soviet gulag
Beda Chang, S.J., 1951
Alberto Hurtado, S.J., 1952
Francis Xavier Ford, M.M., 1952
Martyrs of Laos, 1954-1970
Zdenka Cecilia Schelingová, 1955
Jim Elliot, 1956
Nate Saint, 1956, killed while attempting to evangelize the Waodani people
Ed McCully, 1956
Pete Fleming, 1956
Boyax Baga, 1956
ChengHua Yu, 1956
Esther John 1929-1960, Found Killed in Chichawatni commemorated at Westminster Abbey.
Wang Zhiming, 1973, Chinese pastor, publicly executed
Martyrs of La Rioja, 1976
Janani Jakaliya Luwum, 1977, Archbishop of Uganda
Óscar Romero, 1980, Archbishop of San Salvador
Ita Ford, M.M., 1980
Maura Clarke, M.M., 1980
Dorothy Kazel, O.S.U., 1980
Jean Donovan, 1980
Martyrs of Algeria, 1994-1996
Rani Maria Vattalil, 1995
Kosheh Martyrs, Egypt, 1998–2000
Rufus Halley, S.S.C., 2001
Martin Burnham, 2002
Mary Stachowicz, 2002
Andrea Santoro, 2006
Fabianus Tibo, 2006
Leonella Sgorbati, 2006
Ragheed Ganni and companions, 2007
Paulos Faraj Rahho, 2008, Chaldean Archeparch of Mosul
Nicholas Pillai Pakiaranjith, 2008
Nag Hammadi martyrs, Egypt 2010
Luigi Padovese, 2011
Shahbaz Bhatti, 2011
Frans van der Lugt, S.J., 2014
Jacques Hamel, priest killed in the 2016 Normandy church attack.
See also
List of Christians killed during the Diocletian Persecution
Unitarian martyrs