12 events with tag "Diocletian"
283
ID: 3862
St. Caius becomes twenty-eighth pope - establishes minor orders before priesthood, related to Diocletian
ID: 3862
284
ID: 4065
Diocletian proclaimed emperor - ends Crisis, divides empire, comprehensive reforms
ID: 4065
286
ID: 4151
St. Pantaleon martyred in Nicomedia - physician who treated poor for free, survived six execution attempts before beheading
ID: 4151
301
ID: 4066
Diocletian's Edict on Maximum Prices - attempts to control inflation, fails spectacularly
ID: 4066
303
ID: 4067
Great Persecution begins - Diocletian orders destruction of churches, burning of scriptures
ID: 4067
303
ID: 4152
St. Vitus martyred at age 12 - Sicilian boy tortured with his tutor and nurse, thrown to lions who refused to attack, boiled in oil
ID: 4152
303
ID: 4153
St. Erasmus (Elmo) martyred - bishop of Formia, intestines wound out on windlass, patron of sailors
ID: 4153
303
ID: 4154
St. George martyred at Lydda - Roman soldier who refused to sacrifice to pagan gods, survived multiple tortures, beheaded
ID: 4154
303
ID: 4179
St. Crescentinus expels dragon from Rome - drives dragon from city into Tiber during Diocletian persecution (Roman martyrology)
ID: 4179
304
ID: 4155
St. Margaret of Antioch martyred - swallowed by dragon which burst open, beheaded after converting thousands
ID: 4155
304
ID: 4156
St. Cyriacus martyred in Rome - deacon who helped imprisoned Christians, tortured with boiling pitch, beheaded
ID: 4156
305
ID: 4068
Diocletian abdicates - only emperor to voluntarily retire, forces Maximian to abdicate
ID: 4068