This page is an index of lists of people considered martyrs. A martyr is someone who suffers

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and death for advocating, renouncing, refusing to renounce, or refusing to advocate a belief or cause as demanded by an external party. This refusal to comply with the presented demands results in the punishment or execution of the martyr by the oppressor. This list is sorted at the top level by religious or political affiliation of the martyrs on each list, and then by the country or location of martyrdom.

Christian martyrs

108 Martyrs of World War II The 108 Martyrs of World War II, known also as the 108 Blessed Polish Martyrs ( pl, 108 błogosławionych męczenników), were Roman Catholics from Poland killed during World War II by Nazi Germany. Their liturgical feast day is 12 June. The 108 ...

: 108 Polish

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martyred by the Nazi Party during World War II. *

Canadian Martyrs The Canadian Martyrs, also known as the North American Martyrs (French language, French: ''Saints martyrs canadiens'', Holy Canadian Martyrs), were eight Jesuit missions in North America#Missions, Jesuit missionaries from Sainte-Marie among the H ...

: eight Jesuit missionaries from Sainte-Marie among the Hurons martyred during warfare between the Iroquois (particularly the

Mohawk people The Mohawk people ( moh, Kanienʼkehá꞉ka) are the most easterly section of the Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois Confederacy. They are an Iroquoian-speaking Indigenous people of North America, with communities in southeastern Canada and northern Ne ...

) and the Huron. * Elias and companions: five Christians from

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martyred in the city of

Caesarea Maritima Caesarea Maritima (; Greek: ''Parálios Kaisáreia''), formerly Strato's Tower, also known as Caesarea Palestinae, was an ancient city in the Sharon plain on the coast of the Mediterranean, now in ruins and included in an Israeli national park ...

. * Four Crowned Martyrs: nine people venerated as martyrs and saints by the Catholic Church. * Korean Martyrs: 8,000-10,000 Catholics were killed during the

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in Korea, 103 of whom have been canonized. * List of Protestant martyrs of the Scottish Reformation: men and women executed under heresy laws during the Scottish Reformation. * List of protomartyrs: a list of known protomartyrs; a protomartyr is the first

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martyr in a country or among a particular group, such as a

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. * List of royal saints and martyrs: a list of Christian monarchs, other royalty, and nobility who have been beatified or canonized, or who are otherwise venerated as or conventionally given the appellation of "

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" or "martyr". * List of Unitarian martyrs: a list of people considered martyrs for their adherence to the Unitarianism movement. * Martyrs of Gorkum: 19 Dutch Catholic clerics and friars hanged by militant Dutch

Calvinists Calvinism (also called the Reformed Tradition, Reformed Protestantism, Reformed Christianity, or simply Reformed) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice set down by John Ca ...

during the 16th century religious wars. *

Martyrs of Nowogródek The Martyrs of Nowogródek, also known as the Blessed Martyrs of Nowogródek and the Eleven Nuns of Nowogródek or Blessed Mary Stella and her Ten Companions were a group of members of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, a Polish Roman ...

: 11 Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth executed by the Gestapo in 1943 in occupied Poland. * Martyrs of Otranto: 813 residents of the city of Otranto, Italy put to death in 1480 for refusing to convert to

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. * Saints of the Cristero War: 25 Catholic saints and martyrs who died in the

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Cristero War. * Uganda Martyrs: 23

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and 22 Catholic Christians executed on the orders of Mwanga II of Buganda between 1885 and 1887. * Vietnamese Martyrs: according to the Catholic Church, an estimated 130,000-300,000 Catholics were persecuted in Vietnam between 1745 and 1862.

Martyrs of China

* China Martyrs of 1900: at least 189 Protestant missionaries and 500 Chinese Protestants who were killed during the

Boxer Rebellion The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the Boxer Uprising, the Boxer Insurrection, or the Yihetuan Movement, was an anti-foreign, anti-colonial, and anti-Christian uprising in China between 1899 and 1901, towards the end of the Qing dynasty, by ...

. * Martyr Saints of China: 87 Chinese Catholics and 33 Western missionaries martyred from the mid-17th century to 1930.

Martyrs of England

* Catholic martyrs of the English Reformation: men and women executed under treason legislation in the

English Reformation The English Reformation took place in 16th-century England when the Church of England broke away from the authority of the pope and the Catholic Church. These events were part of the wider European Protestant Reformation, a religious and poli ...

, between 1534 and 1680, and recognised as martyrs by the Catholic Church. * Colchester Martyrs: 28 Protestants executed for heresy in Colchester, Essex, between 1545 and 1558. * Eighty-five martyrs of England and Wales: 85 men executed as part of the Protestant purge and beatified by Pope John Paul II. * Forty Martyrs of England and Wales: 40 Catholic men and women executed for treason and related offences between 1535 and 1679. *

Ipswich Martyrs The Ipswich Martyrs were nine people burnt at the stake for their Lollard or Protestant beliefs around 1515-1558. The executions were mainly carried out in the centre of Ipswich, Suffolk on The Cornhill, the square in front of Ipswich Town Hall. ...

: 9 people burnt at the stake for Lollard or Protestant beliefs around 1515-1558. * Nine Martyrs of England and Wales: clergy and laypersons executed on charges of treason in 1539 and 1572 * One Hundred and Seven Martyrs of England and Wales: clergy and laypersons executed on charges of treason between 1541 and 1680 * Protestant martyrs of the English Reformation: men and women executed under heresy laws during the English Reformation, between 1509 and 1925. *

Stratford Martyrs The Stratford Martyrs were eleven men and two women who were burned at the stake together for their Protestant beliefs, either at Stratford-le-Bow, Middlesex or Stratford, Essex, both near London, on 27 June 1556 during the Marian persecutions. ...

: 13 people burnt at the stake for Protestant beliefs in 1556. *

Windsor Martyrs The Windsor Martyrs were English Protestants martyred at Windsor in 1543. Their names were Robert Testwood, Anthony Pearson and Henry Filmer. In 1543, during the reign of Henry VIII, the three Windsor Martyrs were arrested by Bishop Gardiner' ...

: 3 English Protestants martyred at Windsor in 1543.

Martyrs of Japan

* 16 Martyrs of Japan: 16 Christians who were persecuted for their faith in

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, mostly during the

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. *

26 Martyrs of Japan The were a group of Catholics who were executed by crucifixion on February 5, 1597, in Nagasaki, Japan. Their martyrdom is especially significant in the history of the Catholic Church in Japan. A promising beginning to Catholic missions in Japa ...

: 26 Roman Catholics who were executed by crucifixion at Nagasaki in 1597. *

205 Martyrs of Japan The were Christian missionaries and followers who were persecuted and executed for their faith in Japan, mostly during the Tokugawa shogunate period in the 17th century. Background Christian missionaries arrived with Francis Xavier and the ...

: 205

missionaries and followers who were persecuted and executed for their faith in Japan, mostly during the Tokugawa shogunate period in the

Martyrs of the Roman Empire

* 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia: A name for the victims of persecution of Christians in Nicomedia,

Bithynia Bithynia (; Koine Greek: , ''Bithynía'') was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), adjoining the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea. It bordered Mysia to the southwest, Pa ...

(modern Izmit, Turkey) by the Roman Emperors

Diocletian Diocletian (; la, Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus, grc, Διοκλητιανός, Diokletianós; c. 242/245 – 311/312), nicknamed ''Iovius'', was Roman emperor from 284 until his abdication in 305. He was born Gaius Valerius Diocles ...

and

Maximian Maximian ( la, Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus; c. 250 – c. July 310), nicknamed ''Herculius'', was Roman emperor from 286 to 305. He was ''Caesar'' from 285 to 286, then ''Augustus'' from 286 to 305. He shared the latter title with his ...

in the early 4th century AD. *

Agapius, Atticus, Carterius, Styriacus, Tobias, Eudoxius, Nictopolion, and companions Agapius, Atticus, Carterius, Styriacus (Styrax, Istucarius), Tobias (Pactobius), Eudoxius, Nictopolion, and Companions are venerated as Christian martyrs. They were soldiers who were burned at the stake at Sebaste in 315 AD, during the reign o ...

: soldiers who were burned at the stake at Sebaste (modern Sivas, Turkey) in 315, during the reign of Emperor Licinius. * Behnam, Sarah, and the Forty Martyrs: 4th-century Christians who were martyred during the reign of Shapur II. *

Carpophorus, Exanthus, Cassius, Severinus, Secundus, and Licinius Carpophorus, Exanthus, Cassius, Severinus, Secundus and Licinius (all died circa 295 AD) were Christians, Christian soldiers who, according to tradition, were martyred at Como during the reign of Maximian. Legends The cult of Fidelis of Como is ...

: tradition in Como, Italy, holds that these Christian soldiers were martyred during the reign of the Roman emperor

. * Christians martyred during the reign of Diocletian: men and women martyred during the Diocletianic Persecution. * Denise, Dativa, Leontia, Tertius, Emilianus, Boniface, Majoricus, and Servus: 8 martyrs killed in the late

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during the persecution of Trinitarian Christians in Proconsular Africa. * Donatus, Romulus, Secundian, and 86 Companions: a group of Christians who were martyred at Concordia Sagittaria (at the time called ''Iulia Concordia''), near

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, during the Diocletian Persecution. *

First Martyrs of the Church of Rome The First Martyrs of the Church of Rome were Christians martyred in the city of Rome during Nero's persecution in 64. The event is recorded by both Tacitus and Pope Clement I, among others. They are celebrated in the Roman Catholic Church as ...

: Christians martyred in the city of Rome during persecution by Nero in 64 AD * Forty Martyrs of Sebaste: a group of Roman soldiers in the Legio XII ''Fulminata'' whose martyrdom in 320 for the Christian faith is recounted in traditional martyrologies. * Scillitan Martyrs: 12 North African Christians who were executed in Proconsular Africa on 17 July 180 AD. * The Seven Brothers of Lazia: 7 Roman soldiers executed during the persecutions of co-emperor Maximian. * Seven Robbers: A group of robbers from the Greek island of

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who were converted in prison and then executed in the 2nd century AD. * Ten thousand martyrs: may refer to either of two groups of possibly-apocryphal Roman-era martyrs. * Theban Legion: an entire Roman legion who had converted ''en masse'' to Christianity and were martyred together in 286.

Martyrs of Spain

233 Spanish Martyrs The 233 Spanish Martyrs, also referred to as The Martyrs of Valencia or Jose Aparico Sanz and 232 Companions, were a group of martyrs from the Spanish Civil War, who were beatified in March 2001 by Pope John Paul II. This was the largest number o ...

: 233 martyrs killed during the Spanish Civil War and beatified ''en masse'' in 2001 by Pope John Paul II. *

498 Spanish Martyrs The 498 Spanish Martyrs were victims of the Spanish Civil War beatified by the Roman Catholic Church in October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI. They originated from many parts of Spain. Their ages ranged from 16 years to 78 years old. Although almost ...

: 498 martyrs killed during the Spanish Civil War and beatified ''en masse'' in 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI. *

522 Spanish Martyrs The 522 Spanish Martyrs were victims of the Spanish Civil War beatified by the Roman Catholic Church on 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis. It was one of the largest number of persons ever beatified in a single ceremony in the Church's 2000-year h ...

: 522 martyrs killed during the Spanish Civil War and beatified ''en masse'' in 2013 by Pope Francis. * Martyrs of Córdoba: 48 Christian martyrs who were executed between 850 and 859 under the rule of Muslim conquerors in what is now southern Spain. * Martyrs of Daimiel: 26 priests and brothers of the Passionist Congregation killed by anti-clericali forces during the Spanish Civil War. * Martyrs of Turon: 9 Catholics executed by Spanish revolutionaries in 1934.

Jewish martyrs

* Ten Martyrs of Judaism: 10 rabbis living during the era of the Mishnah who were martyred by the Romans in the period after the destruction of the second Temple.

Mormon martyrs

* Latter Day Saint martyrs: a list of all people considered martyrs by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including historical and present-day figures.