- The
Decian ****cution of
Christians occurred in 250 AD
under the
Roman Emperor Decius. He had
issued an
edict ordering everyone in the
Empire to perform...
-
attempted to
strengthen the
Roman state and its religion,
leading to the
Decian ****cution,
where a
number of
prominent Christians (including Pope Fabian)...
- &
Philip II (249)
Reign of Decius (249–251)
Plague of Cyprian (250–270)
Decian ****cution (250–251)
Gothic invasion of Cniva (250–251)
Carpi invasion...
- wife in the
stomach and
causing an abortion. On 20
January 250,
during the
Decian ****cution, Pope
Fabian was
martyred and the ****cution was so fierce...
-
attempt to
promote traditional Roman pietas and
unify the Empire, the
Emperor Decian decreed that everyone, (excepting the Jews), must
sacrifice and burn incense...
-
Philip the Arab as is alleged. He died a
martyr at the
beginning of the
Decian ****cution and is
venerated as a
saint by the
Catholic Church and the Orthodox...
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Testament include the
deaths of
Saint Stephen and James, son of Zebedee. The
Decian ****cution was the
first empire-wide conflict, when the
edict of Decius...
-
archdeacon of Pope
Lucius I, who
appointed Stephen his successor.
Following the
Decian ****cution of 250–251,
there was
disagreement about how to
treat those...
- a
Syrian patriarch of
Antioch (237–253), who died in
prison during the
Decian ****cution. In the
Eastern Orthodox Church and
Eastern Catholic Churches...
-
Roman Museum). The Igel
Column is
erected at
Trier in Germany.
January 3 –
Decian ****cution of
Christians is
initiated when
Emperor Decius orders everyone...