Celsus and Marcionilla (
Greek
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: Κέλσος & Μαρκιονίλλα) were early
Christian
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martyrs
A martyr (, ''mártys'', 'witness' Word stem, stem , ''martyr-'') is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an external party. In ...
. Marcionilla was a
matron
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Etymology
The chief nurse, in other words the person in charge ...
, and Celsus was her little son. Together with
Anastasius,
Anthony
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,
Julian and others they suffered
martyrdom
A martyr (, ''mártys'', 'witness' stem , ''martyr-'') is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an external party. In colloqui ...
in Antioch during the
Diocletianic Persecution.
Saint Celsus
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302 deaths
4th-century Christian martyrs
4th-century Romans
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Year of birth unknown
Christians martyred during the reign of Diocletian
Saints duos
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