Traditionally venerated as the Protomartyr or first martyr of Christianity, was according to the Acts of the Apostles a deacon in the

John was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. He was the son of Zebedee and Salome.

Herod ordered the execution of all young male children in the vicinity of Bethlehem, so as to avoid the loss of his

Thomas was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his murder in 1170. He engaged in conflict with Henry II of England over

ST. SABINUS, Bishop, and his Companions, Martyrs. The cruel edicts of Diocletian and Maximin against the Christians being published in the year

During the pontificate of St. Sylvester, from 314 to 335, the long persecutions in Rome came to an end, and the Church