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List of child saints

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List of child saints
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Child saints have been venerated in Christianity since the early second century. The earliest example of child saints are the Holy Innocents, recorded in Matthew 2 in the New Testament; Bethlehemite children under the age of 2 who were killed by King Herod I in his attempt to kill Baby Jesus.

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Saint Tsarevich Dmitry of Uglich (1582–1591), 1899 painting by Mikhail Nesterov

This list contains Christian children under the age of 18 who are venerated as saints in at least one Christian confession.

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Pre-Schism saints

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Eastern Orthodox Church

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Episcopal Church

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Catholic Church

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Groups of martyrs

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Martyrs of China

Martyrs of Japan

Martyrs of Korea

Martyrs of Kosheh

  • Al-Amir Helmy Fahmy
  • Maysoon Ghatas Fahmy
  • Refaat Fayez Awad Fahmy
  • Wael El-Dabai Mikhail

Martyrs of Nag Hammadi

  • Mina Helmy Said
  • Bishoy Farid Labib
  • Dina Hamalni
  • Boula Atef Yassa
  • Abanoub Kamal Nashed

Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War

  • Agustín López Hernández[33]
  • Agustín Villar Peña[34]
  • Alfredo Carrasco Herrero[35]
  • Andrés Pérez Fernández[36]
  • Ángel Martínez Somolinos[34]
  • Àngel Piquer Pellicer[37]
  • Antonio Ferrer Rodrigo[35]
  • Antonio Leblic Gómez-Lanzas[36]
  • Antonio Noguera Martínez[38]
  • Antonio Vicente Vaquero Prisuelos[34]
  • Bernabé de la Hoz Castillejos[36]
  • Emilia Revert Pla[35]
  • Emilio Huidobro Corrales[39]
  • Emilio Solanes Escrihuela[35]
  • Florentino de la Hoz Castillejos[36]
  • Francisco Alfredo[31][40]
  • Francisco Luis Pérez-Miravete y Pascual de Riquelme[33]
  • Gerardo Pinero Díaz[36]
  • Gregorio Urbano Güil Canfrán[34]
  • Helí González Navarro[34]
  • Ignasi Trias Bertran[37]
  • Jesús Brazales Salcedo[36]
  • Joan Gamissans Comellas[37]
  • Joan Roig Diggle[41]
  • José Rodríguez Fernández[34]
  • José Sánchez Rodríguez[42]
  • José Villacastín Sánchez[34]
  • Josep Borràs García[43]
  • Juan García-Pulgar García-Ochoa[36]
  • Juan Moya Collado[44]
  • Julián Mellado Noblejas[34]
  • Ladislao Luis[31][45]
  • Lluís Arbós Batista[37]
  • Luis Gonzaga Valentín Fernández[36]
  • Luis Quintas Durán[44]
  • Luis Villar Peña[34]
  • María del Carmen Candinas Medina[36]
  • Miguel Lloris Miralles[35]
  • Nadal Salort Caselles[35]
  • Pere Boix Folguera[43]
  • Pere Magí[31][46]
  • Rafael Lluch Garín[37]
  • Santiago Mosquera Suárez de Figueroa[36]
  • Ventura Martín Tejerizo[34]

Martyrs of Vietnam

Other Catholic Martyrs

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Dubious or fictitious

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Main article: Blood libel

William of Norwich was a twelve year old English boy whose unsolved murder was, at the time, attributed to the Jewish community of Norwich. It is the first known medieval accusation against Jews of ritual murder. E. M. Rose points out that road robberies and kidnappings gone wrong were a frequent cause of death in the region during the period of the Anarchy when the Crown struggled to safeguard the roads.[49] This was followed by a similar allegation regarding the unexplained death of Harold of Gloucester. An attempt to establish a cult of Harold seems to have been unsuccessful. It was never officially supported and died out long before the Reformation.[50] However, it established a pattern. Any unexplained child death occurring near the Easter festival was arbitrarily linked to Jews in the vicinity.[50] In some instances promotion of a cult may have been influenced by the interest of local clergy to enhance the prestige of their church with a shrine. Anthony Bale suggests this, and local politics, may have been contributing factors to the cult of Robert of Bury.[51] Simon of Trent and Werner of Oberwesel[52][53] are other examples of individuals who died under unknown circumstances, but whose deaths were nonetheless attributed to the Jews.

Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln was never actually canonised, making the moniker "Little Saint Hugh" a misnomer. He was for a short while acclaimed by local people as a saint but never officially recognised as one.[54] Over time, the issue of the rush to sainthood was raised, and Hugh was never canonised,[55] nor included in Catholic martyrology.

In the case of Dominguito del Val,[56] and Andreas Oxner,[57] and the Holy Child of La Guardia it is not clear that the alleged victim ever existed in the first place.

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