Diocletian

Also known as

• Valerius Diocletianus

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Emperor of Rome from 284 to 305. He distinguished himself in the Persian War and was chosen emperor by the army. As the empire was unwieldly and exposed to attack, he associated with himself Maximian, with whom he celebrated the last triumph in Rome, 20 November 303, and further distributed his power by granting the inferior title of Cæsar to two generals, Galerius and Constantius Chlorus. During the greater portion of Diocletian’s reign, Christians enjoyed peace and prosperity, but under the influence of Galerius he inaugurated, beginning in 303, the last and most terrible of the ten persecutions of the early Church, which was waged with greatest severity in the East.

Born

• 245 near Salona, Dalmatia

Died

• 313 at Salona, Dalmatia

Profiled saints who are known to have been martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian include

• Four Crowned Martyrs
• Innumerable Martyrs of Saragossa
• Many Martyrs Who Suffered in Rome
• Martyred Soldiers of Rome
• Martyrs of Lichfield
• Martyrs of Rome
• Martyrs of Saragossa
• Martyrs of Tarsus
• Martyrs of the Salarian Way
• Martyrs of Trier
• Martyrs of Via Lavicana
• Saint Aaron of Caerleon
• Saint Abundantia the Martyr
• Saint Abundius
• Saint Acacius of Sebaste
• Saint Actinea of Volterra
• Saint Agricola of Bologna
• Saint Alexander
• Saint Alexander of Perga
• Saint Alexander of Thessalonica
• Saint Ampelus of Messina
• Saint Anastasia of Sirmium
• Saint Anastasius of Antioch
• Saint Anastasius of Lérida
• Saint Anastasius the Fuller
• Saint Andronicus
• Saint Anthony of Antioch
• Saint Apronian the Executioner
• Saint Aquilina
• Saint Aquilinus of Nyon
• Saint Ariston of Campania
• Saint Asclas of Antinoe
• Saint Attius of Perga
• Saint Autonomus
• Saint Basilides the Senator
• Saint Bassus of Sabina
• Saint Bassus the Senator
• Saint Benignus of Todi
• Saint Carpophorus
• Saint Carterius of Caesarea
• Saint Chrysogonus
• Saint Clement of Cordoba
• Saint Crescentinus
• Saint Crescentius of Rome
• Saint Crispin of Thagura
• Saint Crispina
• Saint Cyriacus of Málaga
• Saint Damian
• Saint Dominica of Campania
• Saint Domnio
• Saint Donatus the Martyr
• Saint Edistius of Ravenna
• Saint Eleutherius
• Saint Euplio of Catania
• Saint Eusebius the Senator
• Saint Eutyches the Senator
• Saint Eutychius of Mauretania
• Saint Eutychius of Rome
• Saint Fabius of Sabina
• Saint Faith
• Saint Felix of Milan
• Saint Felix of Spoleto
• Saint Felix of Thagura
• Saint Felix of Vicenza
• Saint Firmina of Amelia
• Saint Flavian of Civitavecchia
• Saint Florentia of Agde
• Saint Fortunatus of Vicenza
• Saint Gaius of Messina
• Saint Genesius of Rome
• Saint Gordius of Cappadocia
• Saint Gracilian
• Saint Gratus
• Saint Gratus of Thagura
• Saint Gurias of Edessa
• Saint Heraclius of Porto Romano
• Saint Heradius of Nyon
• Saint Hilary of Viterbo
• Saint Januaria of Porto Romano
• Saint Julia of Lisbon
• Saint Julia of Merida
• Saint Julia the Martyr
• Saint Julius of Thagura
• Saint Justina of Padua
• Saint Justus of Trieste
• Saint Laurentia
• Saint Leontius of Perga
• Saint Lucian of Antioch
• Saint Marcellinus
• Saint Mary the Slave
• Saint Maura of Antinoe
• Saint Maxima
• Saint Maxima of Lisbon
• Saint Maximus of Sabina
• Saint Modestus of Agde
• Saint Modestus the Deacon
• Saint Nabor of Milan
• Saint Olympiades
• Saint Orestes
• Saint Palatias
• Saint Papias
• Saint Papulus
• Saint Paul of Nyon
• Saint Paula of Málaga
• Saint Peter the Exorcist
• Saint Polius of Mauretania
• Saint Potamia of Thagura
• Saint Proculus of Pozzuoli
• Saint Proculus the Soldier
• Saint Restituta of Carthage
• Saint Rhodopianus the Deacon
• Saint Romulus the Martyr
• Saint Rufinus of Soissons
• Saint Saturninus of Cagliari
• Saint Secundian the Martyr
• Saint Secundinus of Cordoba
• Saint Secundus of Amelia
• Saint Serenus the Gardener
• Saint Sergius of Caesarea
• Saint Soteris the Martyr
• Saint Symphorosa of Campania
• Saint Tiberius of Agde
• Saint Timothy of Mauretania
• Saint Tipasio of Tigava
• Saint Urban of Campania
• Saint Valentine of Trier
• Saint Valentine of Viterbo
• Saint Valerius of Soissons
• Saint Verissimus of Lisbon
• Saint Victorinus of Pettau
• Saint Vincent of Bevagna
• Saint Vincent of Saragossa
• Saint Vitalis of Bologna
• Saint Vitalis of Campania
• Saint Zeno of Nicomedia
• Saint Zosimus of Cilicia