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Constantine the Great
Roman emperor from 306 to 337 and first to convert to Christianity (272–337)
Tertullian
Tertullian (; ; 155 – 220 AD) was a prolific early Christian author from Carthage in the Roman province of Africa. He was the first Christian author to produce an extensive corpus of Latin Christian literature and was an early Christian apologist and a polemicist against heresy, including Gnosticism.
Clement of Alexandria
Christian theologian (c.150 – c.215)
Ignatius of Antioch
late 1st/early 2nd century Christian author and Patriarch of Antioch
Catherine of Alexandria
Egyptian missionary, saint depicted with a wheel
Justin Martyr
2nd century CE Christian apologist and martyr
Cyprian
Cyprian (; ; to 14 September 258 AD) was a bishop of Carthage and an early Christian writer of Berber descent, many of whose Latin works are extant. He is recognized as a saint in the Western and Eastern churches.
Lactantius
Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius () was an early Christian author who became an advisor to Roman emperor Constantine I, guiding his Christian religious policy in its initial stages of emergence, and a tutor to his son Crispus. His most important work is the Institutiones Divinae ("The Divine Institutes"), an apologetic treatise intended to establish the reasonableness and truth of Christianity to pagan critics.
Theophilus of Antioch
Patriarch of Antioch from c.169 to c.183
Dionysius the Areopagite
Greek bishop and saint
Aelia Eudocia
Greek Eastern Roman Empress by marriage to Byzantine emperor Theodosius II (c.401-460)
Abgar V
1st century AD King of Osroene
Cornelius the Centurion
first Gentile to convert to Christianity
Pancras of Rome
Roman Catholic saint
Lydia of Thyatira
woman mentioned in the New Testament, regarded as first documented convert to Christianity in Europe (Acts of the Apostles)
Flavia Julia Constantia
4th-century Roman empress and wife of Licinius
Hilarion
Hilarion (291–371), also known by the bynames of Thavata, of Gaza, and in the Orthodox Church as the Great was a Christian anchorite who spent most of his life in the desert according to the example of Anthony the Great (c. 251–356). While Anthony is considered to have established Christian monasticism in the Egyptian Desert, Hilarion, who lived in the coastal area near Gaza, is considered by his biographer Jerome (c. 342/347 – 420), to be the founder of Palestinian monasticism - regarding this claim see also Hilarion's contemporary, Chariton (mid-3rd century – c. 350), founder of monasticism
Flavius Theodosius
Roman military officer in Brittania
Gaius Marius Victorinus
Roman philosopher, theologian and writer
Saint Afra
christian martyr
Petronius of Bologna
Italian bishop and saint
Evodius
Evodius (, Euōdias; ) was an early Christian identified by some Christian writings as the first bishop of Antioch. In some traditions, he is seen as succeeding Peter. He is regarded as one of the first identifiable post-apostolic Christians and is venerated as a saint.
Aquila of Sinope
2nd century translator of the Hebrew Bible into Greek
Epenetus of Carthage
priest
Polyeuctus
Saint Polyeuctus (also Polyeuctes, Polyeuktos, Greek: Πολύευκτος) of Melitene (died 10 January 259) is a Christian saint from the Roman era.
Ablabius
high official of the Roman Empire
Castulus
Castulus (died 286) is venerated as a martyr and saint. According to tradition, he was the chamberlain (or officer, valet) of Emperor Diocletian and the husband of Irene of Rome.
Aeneas of Gaza
5th and 6th-century Neo-Platonic and Christian philosopher
Saint Sabina
saint
Montanus of Phrygia
Montanus (; Greek: Μοντανός) was the second century founder of Montanism and a self-proclaimed prophet. Montanus emphasized the work of the Holy Spirit, in a manner which set him apart from the Great Church.
Quirinus of Neuss
2nd century Roman martyr and German saint
Claudius Postumus Dardanus
5th century Roman usurper
Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia
guard of Roman emperor Galerius (died 306)
Sabinian of Troyes
Gallo-Roman saint
Antoninus of Pamiers
early Christian missionary and martyr
Maturinus
Maturinus, or Mathurin (died ca. 300 AD) was a Gallo-Roman exorcist and missionary venerated as a saint.
Augusta of Treviso
Roman era Christian martyr
Julius the Veteran
Bulgarian saint