1494: William Tyndale
William Tyndale, born around 1494 in Lollard Gloucestershire, translated the Bible into English during the Reformation and was martyred for it. He studied at Oxford…
Read moreVibia Perpetua (born c. 182 in Carthage) was a young mother of a wealthy family who died a martyr in 203 with five other Christians refusing to renounce their faith. While imprisoned, Perpetua kept a diary of her trial, imprisonment, and dreams, and before her death she passed the diary on to another Christian who recorded her martyrdom by sword.