No, St. Stephen was the first martyr.
The first martyr was Saint Stephen. He was stoned to death for his faith.
To the best of our knowledge Pope Linus, the second pope after Saint Peter, was not a martyr. However, this is uncertain as no verifiable information about his death is to be found.
Peter was crucified on February 5, 1597, at Nagasaki, Japan. He was a martyr.
Peter was a martyr so the color of mass vestments would be red.
Lorenzo Ruiz of Manila, a martyr, was canonized as the first Filipino saint.
The first Deacon who also was the first Martyr of the the Catholic Church is Saint Stephen.
Saint Peter Chanel (July 12, 1803 - April 28, 1841), born Pierre Louis Marie Chanel, was a Catholic priest, missionary, and martyr.
Saint Martyr Agapius was born in 1710.
St. Peter was one of Our Lord's twelve apostles and chosen by Him to be the first leader (pope) of his Church. Peter was crucified up-side-down and earned a martyr's crown in doing so. He would have been declared a saint by acclamation of the early Christians and bishops. At the time there was no official process in place for canonization of saints.
He is best known as the first Christian martyr.
At the time of his death he lived in Palestine - Israel.
A martyr is a saint. There are several saints named Angelo but none were martyrs.