Justin Martyr, also known as Saint Justin (c. 100 – 165 AD), was an early

Christian apologist, and is regarded as the foremost interpreter of the theory

of the Logos in the 2nd century. He was martyred, alongside some of his

students, and is considered a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, the

Anglican Church, and the Eastern Orthodox Church. Justin was tried, together

with six companions, by Junius Rusticus, who was urban prefect from

163-167, and was beheaded in 165.