Justin Martyr

Justin Martyr

Justin Martyr (c. AD 100 – c. AD 165), also known as Saint Justin, was an early Christian from Nablus on the West Bank, who was martyred with some of his students, and is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, Lutheran Churches, and in Anglicanism. He is known for his writings defending Christianity, Most of his writings were lost but three main ones are left. His first apology, a writing in defense and explanation of Christianity, wrote to convince the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius to stop persecuting the church.