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The first Native American to be declared a saint by the Catholic Church is St. Kateri Tekakwitha. She was born in 1656 in the Mohawk village of Ossernenon and after being taken prisoner by the Moha...
In the sixth century, Christianity made its way from Syria to China. Over the years, Christianity in China flourished freely or was compelled to function covertly, depending on the country's connec...
These “proto-martyrs” of Rome were the first Christians persecuted en masse by the Emperor Nero in the year 64, before the martyrdom of Saints Peter and Paul. Nero was widely believed to...