List of Christian martyrs

This is a list of reputed martyrs of Christianity; it includes only notable people with Wikipedia articles.

Not all Christian confessions accept every figure on this list as a martyr or Christian—see the linked articles for fuller discussion.

In many types of Christianity, martyrdom is considered a direct path to sainthood and many names on this list are viewed as saints in one or more confessions.

Martyrdom of St. Paul by Tintoretto
Martyrdom of Saint Stephen by Giovanni Andrea de Ferrari (1598-1669)
The crucifixion of Saint Peter by Caravaggio (1601)
Pope St. Fabian and Saint Sebastian , Giovanni di Paolo
The martyrdom of St. Alban , from a 13th-century manuscript, now in the Trinity College Library, Dublin. Note the executioner's eyes falling out of his head
Madonna and Child with St Peter Martyr , by Lorenzo Lotto
Joan of Arc being burned at the stake, by Jules-Eugène Lenepveu
Dirk Willems etching from Martyrs Mirror
"Death of Cranmer ", from the 1887 Foxe's Book of Martyrs
Feodosia Morozova , an Old Believer being arrested by Czarist authorities
An illustration depicts the brutal death of Father Luís Jayme by the hands of angry natives at Mission San Diego de Alcalá in Alta California , November 4, 1775