Bishops; Antioch (Turkey); Rome (Italy); Martyrs; Persecution; Historia ecclesiastica; Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 260- ca. 340; Syria; Ephesus (Extinct city); Polycarp, Saint, Bishop of Smyrna; Irenaeus, Saint, Bishop of Lyon;...
Saints; Torture; Confessors; Coptic language – Sahidic dialect – Texts; Diocletian, Emperor of Rome, 245-313; Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, d. 337; Death; Paganism; Hagiography