Events Tagged: "martyr"

St. John I becomes fifty-third pope - first pope to visit Constantinople, martyred by Theodoric

St. Silverius becomes fifty-eighth pope - exiled by Empress Theodora, martyred on island

St. Martin I becomes seventy-fourth pope - last martyred pope, exiled for opposing Monothelitism

Aethelred promotes Edward's cult - officially recognizes murdered half-brother as martyr, encourages veneration

José Rizal executed by firing squad at Bagumbayan (now Rizal Park) in Manila for rebellion, sedition and conspiracy