Emperor Valerius Maximianus Galerius
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An illiterate shepherd who married the daughter of Emperor Diocletian and was adopted by him. In 293 he was made Caesar, receiving the Danubian territories, and succeeding Diocletian as Emperor of the East in 305. He is responsible for the violent persecution of Christians begun by his father-in-law in 303 which terminated in 311 when he was menaced by Constantine and Maxentius.
Born
- Illyria
Martyred by Galerius
- Martyrs of Alexandria
- Martyrs of Antioch
- Martyrs of Caesarea
- Martyrs of Cappadocia
- Martyrs of Pontus
- Saint Alexander of Pydna
- Saint Ammonius of Alexandria
- Saint Andronicus of Ephesus
- Saint Antonia of Constantinople
- Saint Antoninus of Caesarea
- Saint Anysia of Salonika
- Saint Basiliscus of Pontus
- Saint Cleonicus of Pontus
- Saint Cyrenia of Tarsus
- Saint Cyriaca of Nicomedia
- Saint Didius
- Saint Didius of Alexandria
- Saint Eleutherius of Bithynia
- Saint Ennatha of Caesarea
- Saint Eutropius of Pontus
- Saint Faustus of Alexandria
- Saint Filoromus of Alexandria
- Saint Germanus of Caesarea
- Saint Hesychius of Alexandria
- Saint Juliana of Tarsus
- Saint Maximus of Jerusalem
- Saint Pachomius of Alexandria
- Saint Paul of Caesarea
- Saint Phileas
- Saint Phileas of Alexandria
- Saint Quirinus of Sescia
- Saint Tarachus of Cladiopolis
- Saint Theodorus of Alexandria
- Saint Valens of Caesarea
- Saint Valerius of Caesarea
- Saint Vulpian of Tyre
- Saint Zebina of Caesarea
MLA Citation
- “Emperor Valerius Maximianus Galerius”. New Catholic Dictionary. CatholicSaints.Info. 25 July 2016. Web. 3 June 2024. <>