What is Justin Martyr?
[[File:Иустин Философ, Афон.jpg|thumb|Justin Martyr]] '''Justin Martyr''' ({{circa}} [[Anno Domini|AD]] [[100]]{{spnd}} {{circa}} AD [[165]]), also known as '''Saint Justin''', was an early Christian from [[Nablus]] on the [[West Bank]], who was [[martyr]]ed 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.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08580c.htm |title=Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Justin Martyr |first=J. |last=Lebreton |work=newadvent.org |year=1910 |accessdate=29 March 2013}}</ref> 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. ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} [[Category:100s births]] [[Category:165 deaths]] [[Category:Christian saints]]