page_title: List of people who were beheaded
section_title: Catholic saints
hierarchical_section_title: List of people who were beheaded / Religious figures / Catholic saints
caption_attribution_description: http://www.artunframed.com/angelico.htm en:Fra Angelico, Beheading of en:Sts. Cosmas and Damian
context_page_description: The following is a list of people who were beheaded, arranged alphabetically by country or region and with date of decapitation. Special sections on "Religious figures" and "Fictional characters" are also appended.
  These individuals lost their heads intentionally. A list of people who were decapitated accidentally, including animal-related deaths, can be found at List of people who were decapitated.
context_section_description: Saint Acisclus, according to local tradition
  Saint Agnes, according to legend mentioned by the fourth century Saint Ambrose
  Saint Alban (around 304) – executed in Roman Britain for converting to Christianity, according to tradition
  Saint Andrew Kim of Korea (1846) – beheaded in Korea for being Christian
  Saint Ansanus, according to legend
  Saint Anthimus of Rome, according to legend
  Saint Barbara, according to legend
  Saint Catherine of Alexandria, according to tradition
  Saint Christopher, according to legend
  Saint Columba of Spain, according to local tradition
  Saint Columba of France, according to legend
  Saint Columba (the Virgin) of Cornwall, England, according to legend
  Saints Cosmas and Damian (c.287) – executed in purge of Christians in Syria, according to tradition
  Saint Cyprian (13 September 258) – Bishop of Carthage, North Africa – Christian Martyr executed in the persecution ordered by Emperor Valerian
  Saint Denis, according to legend, which states that he carried his head to his final resting place, a familiar hagiographical trope (see Cephalophore)
  Saint Diomedes, according to legend
  Saint Dorothea of Alexandria, according to legend
  Saint Dymphna, according to tradition
  Saint Emmeram, according to legend
  Saint Eurosia, according to tradition
  Saint Felicitas of Rome, according to legend
  Saints Felix and Nabor, according to tradition
  Saints Firmus and Rusticus, according to tradition
  Saint George, according to legend
  Saint Gereon,according to legend
  Saint Gordianus, according to tradition
  Saint James, according to the Acts of the Apostles
  Saint Marcellus, according to tradition
  Maximilian of Tebessa (295) – executed by Romans for conscientious objection to military service, according to tradition
  Saint Nicasius of Rheims, at Rheims (407) – executed by Vandals during conquest of Rheims, according to tradition
  Saint Pancras, according to legend
  Apostle Paul, traditionally
  Saint Peter of Rates, according to tradition
  Saint Polyeuctus, according to tradition
  Saint Quiteria, according to legend
  Saints Rufina and Secunda, according to legend
  Saints Simplicius and Faustinus, according to legend
  Saint Solange, according to legend
  Saint Typasius, according to legend
  Saint Urith of Chittlehampton, Devon, England, according to legend
  Saint Venantius, at Camerino, according to tradition
  Saint Winefride of Flintshire in Wales, according to legend
caption: The martyrdom of Saints Cosmas and Damian by Fra Angelico (Musée du Louvre, Paris)
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