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A list of people, who died just prior to the ‘Massacre of the Innocents’ (male babies under 2 slaughtered by Herod of Judea) in an effort to eliminate the newborn King of the Jews ) or during the 1st century, who have received recognition as saints (through canonization ) from the Catholic Church :
Name
Birth
Birthplace
Death
Place of Death
Notes
Joachim
1st century BC
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Father of Virgin Mary
Anne
1st century BC
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Mother of Virgin Mary
The Holy Innocents
perhaps from 8 BC to 4 BC
Bethlehem
perhaps from 6 BC to 4 BC
Bethlehem
Killed by Herod
Simeon
1st century BC
Unknown
Jerusalem
Witness of Jesus' Presentation
Anna the Prophetess
perhaps around 84BC
Unknown
Jerusalem
Witness of Jesus' Presentation
Joseph
Bethlehem
Unknown
Nazareth
Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Virgin Mary
Unknown
Unknown, possibly Ephesus
Mother of Jesus Christ
Longinus
Unknown
Unknown
Roman soldier who plunged his spear in Jesus' side
John the Baptist
31–36
Machaerus
Dismas
33
Golgotha , Jerusalem
Stephen
36
Jerusalem
The first Christian Martyr
Abibon
Unknown
Unknown
Son of Gamaliel
Nicodemus
Unknown
Unknown
elder of Israel, believed in Jesus
Gamaliel
Unknown
Unknown
pharisee teacher, called for tolerance to Christians
Pancras of Taormina
40
Sicily
James the Greater
Bethsaida , Galilee
44
Judea
Apostle
Stachys the Apostle
56
Bishop of Byzantium
Barnabas
Cyprus
60
Salamis , Cyprus
Apostle
Pudens
60
Rome
Andrew
Bethsaida , Galilee
61
Patras , Greece
Apostle
James the Just
Nazareth , Galilee
62
Jerusalem , Judea
Apostle , first Bishop of Jerusalem
Clateus
64
Bishop of Brescia
Evodius
64
Antioch , Syria
Bishop of Antioch
First Martyrs of the Church of Rome
64
Rome
Basilissa and Anastasia
Rome
65
Rome
Jude the Apostle
65
Lebanon
Apostle
Simon the Zealot
65
Roman Britain
Apostle
Torpes of Pisa
Pisa
65
Pisa
Evellius
66
Pisa
Paulinus of Antioch
Antioch , Syria
67
legendary Bishop of Lucca
Matthew the Evangelist
67
Ethiopia
Apostle
Peter
Bethsaida , Galilee
67
Rome
Apostle , first Pope and Bishop of Rome
Paul the Apostle
Tarsus
67
Rome
Apostle
Plautilla
Rome
67
Processus and Martinian
67
Ursicinus
Ravenna
67
Mark the Evangelist
Libya
68
Alexandria , Egypt
Evangelist
Philemon and Apphia
70
Colossae , Phrygia
Bartholomew
Judea
72
Albanopolis, Armenia
Apostle
Thomas the Apostle
74
Mylapur , India
Apostle
Pope Linus
Tuscany
76
Rome
Pope
Nicanor the Deacon
76
Mary Magdalene
Magdala
77
Ephesus , Asia Minor
Marcella
Bethany
Unknown
Sainte-Baume , Viennensis
Candida the Elder
Naples
78
Naples
Aspren
Naples
79
Naples
Bishop of Naples
Martha
Palestine
80
Tarascon , Gaul
Matthias
Judea
80
Jerusalem
Apostle
Philip
Bethsaida , Galilee
80
Hierapolis
Apostle
Onesiphorus
81
Anianus of Alexandria
82
Alexandria , Egypt
Bishop of Alexandria
Luke the Evangelist
Antioch , Syria
84
Boeotia , Greece
Evangelist
Birillus
Antioch , Syria
90
Bishop of Catania
Felicula
90
Petronilla
90
Nicomedes
Rome
90
Pope Anacletus
91
Rome
Pope
Antipas of Pergamum
92
Pergamon , Asia Minor
Pope Avilius of Alexandria
95
Bishop of Alexandria
Onesimus
95
Rome
Flavius Clement
96
Titus
96
Gortyn , Crete
Bishop of Crete
Timothy
97
Ephesus , Asia Minor
Bishop of Ephesus
Parmenas
98
Philippi , Macedonia
Prisca
98
Pope Clement I
Rome
100
Chersonesus , Taurica , Bosporan Kingdom
Pope
John the Apostle
Bethsaida , Galilee
100
Ephesus , Asia Minor
Apostle
Nereus, Achilleus and Domitilla
100
Prosdocimus
Antioch , Asia Minor
100