This is a list of reputed martyrs of Christianity; it includes only notable people with Wikipedia articles. Not all Christian confessions accept every figure on this list as a martyr or Christian—see the linked articles for fuller discussion. In many types of Christianity, martyrdom is considered a direct path to sainthood and many names on this list are viewed as saints in one or more confessions.

Apostolic Age—1st century

According to the Gospels and Acts of the Apostles Holy Innocents of Bethlehem John the Baptist Stephen (Protomartyr) James, son of Zebedee Antipas

According to early sources James, brother of Jesus – attested by Josephus ca. AD 94 Simon Peter, first attested by Tertullian about AD 200 "Since, moreover, you are close upon Italy, you have Rome, from which there comes even into our own hands the very authority (of apostles themselves). How happy is its church, on which apostles poured forth all their doctrine along with their blood; where Peter endures a passion like his Lord's; where Paul wins his crown in a death like John's[the Baptist]; where the Apostle John was first plunged, unhurt, into boiling oil, and thence remitted to his island-exile." Paul the Apostle, first attested by Ignatius of Antioch probably about AD 110Ignatius of Antioch, Letter to the Ephesians, Chapter XII

According to tradition Andrew the ApostleThe legends surrounding Andrew are discussed in F. Dvornik, "The Idea of Apostolicity in Byzantium and the Legend of the Apostle Andrew", Dumbarton Oaks Studies, IV (Cambridge) 1958. Matthew the Apostle Philip the Apostle Thomas the Apostle Jude Thaddeus Bartholomew James, son of Alphaeus Barnabas Simon Zelotes Mark the EvangelistPope Shenouda III. The Beholder of God Mark the Evangelist Saint and Martyr, Chapter Seven. Tasbeha.org Luke the Evangelist Timothy Philemon

Age of Martyrdom—2nd to 4th centuries

According to early Christian tradition With some historical attestation within a hundred years of the event Polycarp of SmyrnaHenry Wace, Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of the Principal Sects and Heresies, s.v. "Polycarpus, bishop of Smyrna". Justin MartyrLebreton, J. (1910). St. Justin Martyr. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved November 2, 2013. Scillitan MartyrsSmith, Clyde Curry. "Speratus", Dictionary of African Christian Biography, 2004 Perpetua and FelicityFoley O.F.M., Leonard. Saint of the Day, (revised by Pat McCloskey O.F.M.), Franciscan Media Ptolemaeus and LuciusLatin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome Pothinus, bishop of Lyon, with Blandina and several others, the "Martyrs of Lyon and Vienne"Whitehead, Kenneth D. "Witnesses of the Passion", Touchstone Magazine"The Letter of the Churchs of Vienna and Lyons to the Churches of Asia and Phrygia", Medieval Sourcebook, Fordham University Pope Fabian Sebastian Shmona and Gurya Agnes of Rome Felix and Adauctus Marcellinus and Peter Forty Martyrs of SebasteHomilies xix in P.G., XXXI, 507 sqq. Euphemia"St. Euphemia the All-Praised", Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese CyprianChapman, John. "St. Cyprian of Carthage." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. 15 Jan. 2013 Athenogenes of Pedachtoë

With some historical attestation more than a hundred years after the event

Alban Ignatius of AntiochChronicle, from the Latin translation of Jerome, p. 276. Gelasinus Lawrence of Rome Lucy PancrasHubertus Drobner, Der heilige Pankratius: Leben, Legende und Verehrung 2nd rev. ed. 2005. Vincent of SaragossaMershman, Francis. "St. Vincent." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 12 Feb. 2015 Benedicta of Monacilioni Petronilla

Largely or wholly legendary

AfraKirsch, Johann Peter. "St. Afra." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 12 Apr. 2013 George Januarius Valentine"XVI kalendas Martii Interamnae Via Flaminia miliario ab Urbe Roma LXIII natale Valentini." In J. B. de Rossi, p. 20 (XVI KL. MAR.). See also M. Schoepflin, p. 40: "the original text". Philomena BehnamTwo thousand years of Coptic Christianity, Otto Friedrich August Meinardus Wilgefortis CeciliaKirsch, Johann Peter. "St. Cecilia", The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. 24 April 2013. Catherine of Alexandria Vitus the Martyr Pelagia of Tarsus Sophia the Martyr and her three daughters Faith, Hope and Charity

Middle Ages—5th to 15th-centuries

Vardan Mamikonian, 451 in the Battle of Avarayr- First battle in defense of the Christian faith.

Tewdrig, 6th c. Boethius, 6th c. Sigismund of Burgundy, 524 Edwin of Northumbria, 633 in the Battle of Hatfield Chase Oswald of Northumbria, 642 in the Battle of Maserfield Projectus of Clermont, 676 Warinus of Poitiers, 677 Dagobert II of the Franks, 676 Kilian, Colman, and Totnan, 689 Fructus, Valentine & Engratia of Segovia, Theofrid of Orange, 728/-32 by Saracens Porcarius of Lérins, by Saracens Boniface, 754. Æthelberht II of East Anglia, 794 Martyrs of Iona, 806 by Vikings Gohard of Nantes, 843 by Normans Roderick, Eulogius, Perfectus, Laura, Flora and Maria, Aurelius and Natalia, Nunilo and Alodia, and other Martyrs of Cordoba, 850-59 Bertharius of Monte Cassino, 883 by Saracens Edmund of East Anglia, 869. Ludmila of Bohemia, 921 Wiborada of St. Gall, 921 by Magyars Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, 935 King Edward the Martyr, 979. Adalbert of Prague, 997 by Old Prussians Bruno of Querfurt, 1009 Jovan Vladimir, 1014 Olaf II of Norway, 1030 in the Battle of Stiklestad Gerard of Csanád, 1046 Stanislaus of Szczepanów, 1079 Canute IV of Denmark, 1086 Magnus Erlendsson of Orkney, 1117 William of Norwich, 1144 (cult suppressed) Eric IX of Sweden, 1161 Thomas Becket, 1170 - The most famous martyr of the Middle Ages. Berard of Carbio and companions, 1220 Serapion of Algiers, 1240 Buzád Hahót, 1241 Peter of Verona, 1252 by Cathars - Canonized 11 months after his death; the fastest in history. Martyrs of Sandomierz, 1260 Antonio Pavoni, 1374 by Waldensians Tsar Lazar, 1389 Nicholas Tavelic, 1391 John of Nepomuk, 1393 Jan Huss (1415) and Jerome of Prague (1416) - executed for heresy by the Roman Catholic Council of Constance Joan of Arc, 1431, French heroineSaint Joan of Arc Virgin, Martyr (1412-1431) Girolamo Savonarola, 1498

Reformation Era—16th century

Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos, 1523, burned at the stake, early Lutheran martyrs Jan de Bakker, 1525, burned at the stake Martyrs of Tlaxcala, 1527-1529 Felix Manz, 1527 Patrick Hamilton, 1528, burned at the stake, early Lutheran martyr George Blaurock, 1529 Thomas More, 1535, executed John Fisher, 1535 William Tyndale, 1536 Carthusian Martyrs, 1535–1537 Arthur of Glastonbury, 1539 Margaret Pole, 1541 Juan de Padilla, Spanish missionary to New Mexico, 1542 Mannar Catholic martyrs (1544) Anne Askew, 1546 George Wishart, 1546 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 Gonçalo da Silveira, 1561 Guido de Bres, 1567 Dirk Willems, 1569 The Fifty Two Martyrs of Brazil, 1570-1571, including: Inácio de Azevedo, 1570 Pero Dias, 1571 Martyrs of Gorkum, 1572, including: Andrew Wouters Nicholas Pieck John of Cologne 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 Ketevan the Martyr, 1624 Vietnamese Martyrs, 1625 - 1886 Magdalene of Nagasaki, 1634 Lorenzo Ruiz, 1637 Canadian Martyrs, North American Martyrs, 1642–1649 Arthur Bell, 1643 Martyrs of Natal 1645, including: André de Soveral Ambrósio Francisco Ferro Mateus Moreira Isaac Jogues, 1646 John de Britto, 1647–1693, born in Portugal and beheaded in India Francis Ferdinand de Capillas, 1648, missionary to China Diego Luis de San Vitores, and Pedro Calungsod, 1672 Feodosia Morozova, 1675, Russian Old Believer Oliver Plunkett, 1681, Archbishop of Armagh Felipe Songsong, 1685 Devasahayam Pillai, 1712-1752 Constantin Brâncoveanu, 1714 Jean-Pierre Aulneau, Jean Baptiste de La Vérendrye, and 19 other voyageurs, 1736 Vicente Liem de la Paz, 1773 Luís Jayme, 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 Tārore, 1836 Andrew Dung-Lac, 1839, Vietnamese Catholic Joseph Smith, 1844. Hyrum Smith, 1844 Korean Martyrs, 1839, 1846, 1866 Peter Chanel, 1841 Andrew Kim Taegon, 1846 Marcus Whitman, Narcissa Whitman, and companions, 1847 The Massabki Brothers, 1860 Lucy Yi Zhenmei, one of the 19th century Chinese Catholic Martyrs, 1862 Thomas Baker, 1867, English missionary killed and eaten, Fiji Martyrs of the Paris Commune, 1871 The Martyrs of Mbokotwana, 1880 Martyrs of Uganda, 1885–1887 Victor Emilio Moscoso Cárdenas, 1897 Amandina of Schakkebroek, 1900 Maria Goretti, 1902, died defending herself from being raped Karolina Kózka, 1914 Armenian Martyrs, 1915-1923 Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna, 1918 Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Family, 1918 Nun Barbara (Yakovleva), 1918 James Coyle, 1921 Gregory of Cydonia, 1922 Manuel Gómez González, 1924 Adílio Daronch, 1924 Saints of the Cristero War 1926–1927, including: Miguel Pro, 1927 Cristóbal Magallanes Jara, 1927 Mateo Correa Magallanes, 1927 Toribio Romo González, 1928 Manche Masemola, 1913–1928 José Sánchez del Río 1928 Albertina Berkenbrock, 1931 Innocencio of Mary Immaculate, 1934 John and Betty Stam, 1934 Antonia Mesina, 1935 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, 1941, murdered in Auschwitz Benigna Cardoso da Silva, 1941 Edith Stein, 1942, murdered in Auschwitz Gorazd, 1942, Bishop of Prague Lucian Tapiedi, 1942 Franz Jägerstätter, 1943 Sophie Scholl, 1921-1943, a devout Lutheran executed by the Nazis for her anti-Nazi activism Maria Restituta Kafka, 1943 Józef and Wiktoria Ulma with seven children, 1944 Giuseppe Beotti, 1944 Anna Kolesárová, 1944 Dusty Miller, 1945, a Methodist layman killed in a World War II Japanese administered POW camp in Thailand 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 Vincentas Borisevičius, 1946 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, 1951 Alberto Hurtado, 1952 Francis Xavier Ford, 1952 Petro Pavlo Oros, 1953 Mečislovas Reinys, 1953 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 Roger Youderian, 1956 Pierina Morosini, 1957 Veronica Antal, 1958 Esther John 1929–1960, Found Killed in Chichawatni commemorated at Westminster Abbey. Marie-Clémentine Anuarite Nengapeta, Wang Zhiming, 1973, Chinese pastor, publicly executed Martyrs of La Rioja, 1976 Janani Jakaliya Luwum, 1977, Archbishop of Uganda Abuna Theophilos, 1979, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Gudina Tumsa, 1979, Ethiopian theologian Óscar Romero, 1980, Archbishop of San Salvador Luís Espinal Camps, 1980, Jesuit priest Ita Ford, 1980 Maura Clarke, 1980 Dorothy Kazel, 1980 Jean Donovan, 1980 Stanley Rother, 1981