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====257-260 (8th) Persecution of Christians under Emperor Valerian (253-260)====
*257 [[StephenI of Rome|Stephen]], Bp. of Rome, dies, perhaps martyred; [[Novatian ]] martyred during persecution under Valerian.
*258
** Roman soldier Romanus baptised by Martyr [[Lawrence of Rome|Laurence]], and immediately beheaded [[August 9]].
** Roman Martyr [[Lawrence of Rome|Laurence]], Archdeacon, d. [[August 10]]
** Roman Martyrs Pope [[Sixtus II of Rome|Xystus II (Sixtus)]], Deacon Felicissimus, and Deacon Agapitus, d. [[August 10]];
** [[Hippolytus of Rome]], dragged by wild horses over stones, d. [[August 13]].
** [[Concordia of Rome]], foster mother of [[Hippolytus of Rome|Hippolytus]], executed and body thrown into an unclean place, [[August 13]].
=== Unknown dates ===
* Hieromartyr Therapon, Bp. of Cyprus, [[May 25]], ''c.'' 284-305 under Diocletian.
*[[Rhipsime of Armenia]] c 290, [[September 30]], during the time of Diocletian
* Sozon of Cilicia, d. [[September 7]], ''c.'' 284-305 under Emperor Maximian.
* [[Ten Holy Martyrs of Crete]], [[December 23]].
*305 '''Great martyrs: [[Panteleimon]]''' [[ July 27]]; '''[[Catherine of Alexandria]]''', d. [[November 24|Nov 24]]; '''[[Barbara of Heliopolis]]''', [[December 4]]; Martyrs Anicetus of Nicomedia and his nephew Photius <ref>Sts. Anicetus and Photius are mentioned in the prayers for the Blessing of Oil and the Lesser Blessing of Water (BOOK OF NEEDS, 1987, p. 230).</ref>, [[August 12]].
*306 '''Great martyrs:''' '''[[Theodore of the Tyro]]''', [[February 17]]; '''[[Demetrios of Thessaloniki]]''', [[October 26]]; Bp. [[Parthenios of Lampsacus]]; [[Adrian and Natalia|Adrian]], is martyred [[March 4]] at Nicomedia <ref>The accuracy of the dating is in question; some sources state that there were actually two Adrians martyred at Nicomedia, one under Diocletian, and one under Licinius. Saint Hadrian shares a feast day with his wife on [[September 8]]; he also has feast day alone on [[March 4]] and [[August 26]].</ref>; Cyril, Bp.of Antioch, dies at mines; ''Martyrs'' Aristocles, the Presbyter of Cyprus, Deacon Demetrian and Athanasius the Reader beheaded in Salamis under Maximian Galerius, [[June 20]].
*308 [[Jacob of Nisibis|James]] (d.338) appointed first Bp. of Nisibis (Syria).
*390
**[[Macarius the Great]], <ref>According to the Coptic Orthodox Synaxarium this date is 392. He was ninety-seven years old.</ref> [[January 19]]
**''Emperor Theodosius obliged to do public [[penance ]] by [[Ambrose of Milan]] for having suppressed a riot at Thessaloniki via a massacre.''
*391 [[Gregory the Theologian]], ABp. of Constantinople, reposed peacefully [[January 25]].
*412 [[Patrick of Ireland]] has a vision of God informing him that he will leave for Ireland; Barnabas of Asia Minor, and his nephew Sophronius, [[August 18]].
*415 ''Pelagianism is attacked at the [[Council of Diospolis]]''
*418 ''Pelagianism is condemned at the [[Councils of Carthage|Council of Carthage]]''
*419 King [[Brychan of Brecknock]] born, ca. 419, in South Wales.
*420 ''"Institutions of the Monastic Life"'' written by [[John Cassian]].
**[[Donald of Scotland]], died in Olgivy, Forfarshire (Scotland), [[July 15]].
==Nineth Ninth century (801-900)==
*803 [[Irene of Athens]], iconodule, d. [[August 9]] in Lesbos.
*806 Translation of the relics of ''Hieromartyr'' Therapon, Bp. of Cyprus, from Cyprus to Constantinople, [[November 12]].
==Nineteenth century (1801-1900)==
*1803 Blessed [[Xenia of St. Petersburg]], [[February 6]].
*1804 [[Euthymius the Elder]], abbot of St. John the Baptist monastery in the Davit-Gareji Wilderness, d. [[August 8]].
*1805 [[Macarius Notaras of Corinth|Makarius of Corinth]], a central figure in the [[Kollyvades Movement]].
