{"id":1592,"date":"2017-06-30T00:26:25","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T04:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/?p=1592"},"modified":"2026-07-05T15:59:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T19:59:33","slug":"feast-of-the-first-martyrs-of-the-holy-roman-church-june-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/feast-of-the-first-martyrs-of-the-holy-roman-church-june-30","title":{"rendered":"Feast of the First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church (June 30)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">The holy men and women are also called the &#8220;Protomartyrs of Rome.&#8221; They were accused of burning Rome by Nero , who burned Rome to cover his own crimes<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Nero was widely believed to have caused the fire that burned down much of Rome in the same year. He blamed the fire on the Christians and put them to death, many by crucifixion, being feeding to the wild animals in the circus, or by being tied to posts and lit up as human torches.<\/p>\n<p>These martyrs were called the \u201cDisciples of the Apostles\u201d and their firmness in the face of their gruesome deaths were a powerful testimony that led to many conversions in the early Roman Church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The holy men and women are also called the &#8220;Protomartyrs of Rome.&#8221; They were accused of burning Rome by Nero , who burned Rome to cover his own crimes Nero was widely believed to have caused the fire that burned down much of Rome in the same year. He blamed the fire on the Christians [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[29,18],"tags":[270,248],"class_list":["post-1592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feast-day","category-saint-of-the-day","tag-martyrs","tag-saint-of-the-day-june"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>First Martyrs of the Roman Church: Feast Day Story<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover the story of the First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church, Christians blamed by Nero for Rome&#039;s fire and put to death for their faith, June 30.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/feast-of-the-first-martyrs-of-the-holy-roman-church-june-30\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"First Martyrs of the Roman Church: Feast Day Story\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Discover the story of the First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church, Christians blamed by Nero for Rome&#039;s fire and put to death for their faith, June 30.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/feast-of-the-first-martyrs-of-the-holy-roman-church-june-30\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Share Catholic - Sharing God&#039;s Love\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ShareCatholic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-06-30T04:26:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-05T19:59:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/June-30-Feast-of-first-holy-martyrs-of-rome-e1435490964468.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"737\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Laurel D&#039;Souza\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Laurel D&#039;Souza\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/feast-of-the-first-martyrs-of-the-holy-roman-church-june-30#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/feast-of-the-first-martyrs-of-the-holy-roman-church-june-30\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Laurel D'Souza\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f9725b2a0456f1406795eb671b079ca2\"},\"headline\":\"Feast of the First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church (June 30)\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-06-30T04:26:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-05T19:59:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/feast-of-the-first-martyrs-of-the-holy-roman-church-june-30\"},\"wordCount\":127,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/feast-of-the-first-martyrs-of-the-holy-roman-church-june-30#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/06\\\/June-30-Feast-of-first-holy-martyrs-of-rome-e1435490964468.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Martyrs\",\"Saint of the Day (June)\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Feast Day\",\"Saint of the Day\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/feast-of-the-first-martyrs-of-the-holy-roman-church-june-30#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/feast-of-the-first-martyrs-of-the-holy-roman-church-june-30\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/feast-of-the-first-martyrs-of-the-holy-roman-church-june-30\",\"name\":\"First Martyrs of the Roman Church: Feast Day Story\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/feast-of-the-first-martyrs-of-the-holy-roman-church-june-30#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/feast-of-the-first-martyrs-of-the-holy-roman-church-june-30#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/06\\\/June-30-Feast-of-first-holy-martyrs-of-rome-e1435490964468.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-06-30T04:26:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-05T19:59:33+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f9725b2a0456f1406795eb671b079ca2\"},\"description\":\"Discover the story of the First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church, Christians blamed by Nero for Rome's fire and put to death for their faith, June 30.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/feast-of-the-first-martyrs-of-the-holy-roman-church-june-30#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/feast-of-the-first-martyrs-of-the-holy-roman-church-june-30\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/feast-of-the-first-martyrs-of-the-holy-roman-church-june-30#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/06\\\/June-30-Feast-of-first-holy-martyrs-of-rome-e1435490964468.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/06\\\/June-30-Feast-of-first-holy-martyrs-of-rome-e1435490964468.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":737},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/feast-of-the-first-martyrs-of-the-holy-roman-church-june-30#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Feast of the First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church (June 30)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Share Catholic - Sharing God&#039;s Love\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f9725b2a0456f1406795eb671b079ca2\",\"name\":\"Laurel D'Souza\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7a2dd98711471919762a56750adae1cb7d78eae3d399d33ebf65ceb7ba76acc9?s=96&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7a2dd98711471919762a56750adae1cb7d78eae3d399d33ebf65ceb7ba76acc9?s=96&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7a2dd98711471919762a56750adae1cb7d78eae3d399d33ebf65ceb7ba76acc9?s=96&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Laurel D'Souza\"},\"description\":\"Laurel D'Souza is a cradle Catholic, who rediscovered his faith during his years in college. Today he is a professional network engineer, web developer, amateur lay apologist and Founder of Share Catholic. Together with his wife, Sharrel, they strive to to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ and share the beauty of the Catholic Faith.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.sharecatholic.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sharecatholic.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/ldsouza\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"First Martyrs of the Roman Church: Feast Day Story","description":"Discover the story of the First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church, Christians blamed by Nero for Rome's fire and put to death for their faith, June 30.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/feast-of-the-first-martyrs-of-the-holy-roman-church-june-30","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"First Martyrs of the Roman Church: Feast Day Story","og_description":"Discover the story of the First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church, Christians blamed by Nero for Rome's fire and put to death for their faith, June 30.","og_url":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/feast-of-the-first-martyrs-of-the-holy-roman-church-june-30","og_site_name":"Share Catholic - Sharing God&#039;s Love","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ShareCatholic","article_published_time":"2017-06-30T04:26:25+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-07-05T19:59:33+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":737,"url":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/June-30-Feast-of-first-holy-martyrs-of-rome-e1435490964468.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Laurel D'Souza","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Laurel D'Souza","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/feast-of-the-first-martyrs-of-the-holy-roman-church-june-30#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/feast-of-the-first-martyrs-of-the-holy-roman-church-june-30"},"author":{"name":"Laurel D'Souza","@id":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f9725b2a0456f1406795eb671b079ca2"},"headline":"Feast of the First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church (June 30)","datePublished":"2017-06-30T04:26:25+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-05T19:59:33+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/feast-of-the-first-martyrs-of-the-holy-roman-church-june-30"},"wordCount":127,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/feast-of-the-first-martyrs-of-the-holy-roman-church-june-30#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/June-30-Feast-of-first-holy-martyrs-of-rome-e1435490964468.jpg","keywords":["Martyrs","Saint of the Day (June)"],"articleSection":["Feast Day","Saint of the Day"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/feast-of-the-first-martyrs-of-the-holy-roman-church-june-30#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/feast-of-the-first-martyrs-of-the-holy-roman-church-june-30","url":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/feast-of-the-first-martyrs-of-the-holy-roman-church-june-30","name":"First Martyrs of the Roman Church: Feast Day Story","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/feast-of-the-first-martyrs-of-the-holy-roman-church-june-30#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/feast-of-the-first-martyrs-of-the-holy-roman-church-june-30#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/June-30-Feast-of-first-holy-martyrs-of-rome-e1435490964468.jpg","datePublished":"2017-06-30T04:26:25+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-05T19:59:33+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f9725b2a0456f1406795eb671b079ca2"},"description":"Discover the story of the First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church, Christians blamed by Nero for Rome's fire and put to death for their faith, June 30.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/feast-of-the-first-martyrs-of-the-holy-roman-church-june-30#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/feast-of-the-first-martyrs-of-the-holy-roman-church-june-30"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/feast-of-the-first-martyrs-of-the-holy-roman-church-june-30#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/June-30-Feast-of-first-holy-martyrs-of-rome-e1435490964468.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/June-30-Feast-of-first-holy-martyrs-of-rome-e1435490964468.jpg","width":600,"height":737},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/feast-of-the-first-martyrs-of-the-holy-roman-church-june-30#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Feast of the First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church (June 30)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/","name":"Share Catholic - Sharing God&#039;s Love","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f9725b2a0456f1406795eb671b079ca2","name":"Laurel D'Souza","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7a2dd98711471919762a56750adae1cb7d78eae3d399d33ebf65ceb7ba76acc9?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7a2dd98711471919762a56750adae1cb7d78eae3d399d33ebf65ceb7ba76acc9?s=96&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7a2dd98711471919762a56750adae1cb7d78eae3d399d33ebf65ceb7ba76acc9?s=96&r=g","caption":"Laurel D'Souza"},"description":"Laurel D'Souza is a cradle Catholic, who rediscovered his faith during his years in college. Today he is a professional network engineer, web developer, amateur lay apologist and Founder of Share Catholic. Together with his wife, Sharrel, they strive to to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ and share the beauty of the Catholic Faith.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.sharecatholic.com"],"url":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/author\/ldsouza"}]}},"views":8093,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1592"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4839,"href":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1592\/revisions\/4839"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}