Early Church Personalities:
Martin, Perpetua, Polycarp, Tertullian, Valentine

The Charity of St. Martin, by Jean Fouquet

Martin of Tours † 11 November 395 to 402

• Martin of Tours, Bishop and Theologian
• St. Martin of Tours - Catholic Encyclopedia
• Supitius Severus on the Life of St. Martin - Translation and Notes by Alexander Roberts
• Saint Martin of Tours - Catholic Online Saints
• Patron Saints Index: Saint Martin of Tours
• Images of Saint Martin of Tours
• Martin of Tours c. 315-397 - CIN
• Biography: Martin of Tours, bishop, theologian (11 NOV 397)
• St. Martin of Tours - From the book "Lives of Saints," published by John J. Crawley
• Images of St Martin of Tours - Leicester Cathedral
• Martin of Tours - by James Kiefer
• St Martin, Confessor, Bishop of Tours - from Alban Butler's Lives of the Saints
• Vietnamese Eucharistic Youth Society: St. Martin of Tours - for children

Perpetua †

• Martin of Tours, Bishop and Theologian
• The martyrdom of saints Perpetua and Felicitas - from The Acts of the Christian Marytrs - texts and translation by Herbert Musurillo (c) Oxford University Press, 1972
• The Passion of the Holy Martyrs Perpetua and Felicitas - Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. III
• Medieval Sourcebook: St. Perpetua: Passion of Sts. Perpetua and Felicity, 203. excerpts

Polycarp † February 23, 156

• Polycarp (69-155)
• Polycarp, disciple of the Apostle John, ...
• St. Polycarp - Catholic Encyclopedia
• The Encyclical Epistle of the Church at Smyrna, Concerning the Martyrdom of St. Polycarp - Translated by the Rev. Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson. Excerpted from Volume I of The Ante-Nicene Fathers
• Introductory Note to the Epistle of Polycarp to the Philipians
• Epistle to Polycarp (Short Version) - Ignatius
• Epistle to the Philippians - by Polycarp
• Saint Polycarp - Catholic Online Saints
• Polycarp, Saint. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
• Medieval Sourcebook: The Martyrdom of Polycarp trans. J.B. Lightfoot
• St. Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna - CIN
• The Martyrdom of Polycarp - Early Christian Writings
• Patron Saints Index: Polycarp of Smyrna
• Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna and Martyr (James E. Kiefer)
• Polycarp: Model for Seminarians - By Charles M. Nielsen

"Eighty and six years have I now served Christ, and he has never done me the least wrong: How then can I blaspheme my King and my Savior?"

-- Po

• St. Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna - CIN
• The Martyrdom of Polycarp - Early Christian Writings
• Patron Saints Index: Polycarp of Smyrna
• Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna and Martyr (James E. Kiefer)
• Polycarp: Model for Seminarians - By Charles M. Nielsen

"Eighty and six years have I now served Christ, and he has never done me the least wrong: How then can I blaspheme my King and my Savior?"

lycarp

Tertullian 230

• Tertullian (160-220)
• The Tertullian Project - A very extensive site.
• Catholic Encyclopedia: Tertullian

Valentine † February 14, 270

• Valentine, Martyr
• Patron Saints Index Saint Valentine
• Catholic Encyclopedia - Saint Valentine
• Saint Valentine - Catholic Online Saints
• A Saint for the Week - February 14th. St. Valentine - Sacred Heart Parish - Waterlooville
• Saint Valentine - A short hagiography

 

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