Alban was the first martyr of Britain. He suffered in the persecution under Diocletian - probably in the year A.D. 303.
Saint Alban of Britain was born sometime in the 3rd century. The date is unknown.
Saint Alban Bartholomew Roe was born in the year 1583 in Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, England.
Saint Alban Bartholomew Roe was born in the year 1583 in Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, England.
St. Sebastian was declared a saint by popular acclaim long before a formal procedure was in place for canonization. There is no specific date when this happened. However, as he died a martyr, he became a saint the moment he died about the year AD288.
Yes, he was a martyr. He was tortured and beheaded about the year 304 at Lydda, Palestine.
Saint Alban was a martyr in the early Church long before the canonization process was put into place. As such he was declared a saint by the early Christian community. He was not canonized.
St. Alban was born in the year 1583 in Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, England.
Yes, he was a martyr. He was tortured and beheaded about the year 304 at Lydda, Palestine.
Maximus of Rome, who died about the year 250 as a martyr, is not a patron saint as per the Patron Saint Index.
St. Nicholas of Myra was not a martyr. He died a natural death.
Grace of Lerida, sister of St. Bernard, was a martyr and died at the hands of the Moors in about the year 1180. She was never officially canonized but was declared a saint by the Christian community based on her martyrdom.
Her birthday is unknown but she died a martyr in the year 253.