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  2. List of Christian martyrs - Wikipedia

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    Dirk Willems etching from Martyrs Mirror "Death of Cranmer", from the 1887 Foxe's Book of Martyrs. Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos, 1523, burned at the stake, early Lutheran martyrs; Jan de Bakker, 1525, burned at the stake; Martyrs of Tlaxcala, 1527-1529; Felix Manz, 1527; Patrick Hamilton, 1528, burned at the stake, early Lutheran martyr ...

  3. Agapius, Atticus, Carterius, Styriacus, Tobias, Eudoxius ...

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    Agapius, Atticus, Carterius, Styriacus (Styrax, Istucarius), Tobias (Pactobius), Eudoxius, Nictopolion, and Companions are venerated as Christian martyrs. [1]They were soldiers who were burned at the stake at Sebaste in 315 AD, during the reign of Emperor Licinius.

  4. John Wall (priest and martyr) - Wikipedia

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    martyr's palm, crucifix, chalice, Eucharist, holding a rope or noose, book or bible, sometimes depicted in a Franciscan habit John Wall, (aliases John Marsh, Francis Johnson or Dormore or Webb, religious name "Joachim of St. Ann") (1620 – 22 August 1679) was an English Franciscan friar , who is honoured as a martyr by the Catholic Church .

  5. Christian martyr - Wikipedia

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    The martyrs Maximus and Theodotus of Adrianopolis, c. 985 Wall painting of the martyred saints Ananias, Azarias, and Misael from the town of Samalut with Saints Damian and Cosmas, martyred during the persecutions of Diocletian in the late 3rd century AD. Stucco. 6th century AD. From Wadi Sarga, Egypt. British Museum.

  6. Saint symbolism: Saints (A–H) - Wikipedia

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    Martyr's palm, Lily flower, Rosary [citation needed] Elena Valentinis: Augustinian habit [citation needed] Eleutherius and Antia: Martyr's palm [citation needed] Eligius: bishop portrayed with a crosier in his right hand, on the open palm of his left a miniature church of chased gold; with a hammer, anvil, and horseshoe; or with a horse: Elijah

  7. Marcellinus and Peter - Wikipedia

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    Pope Damasus I claimed that he heard the story of these two martyrs from their executioner who went on to become a Christian. [1] Damasus states that they were killed at an out-of-the-way spot by the magistrate Severus or Serenus, [2] so that other Christians would not have a chance to bury and venerate their bodies. The two saints happily ...

  8. Everything You Need to Know About the Symbolic Palm Cross

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    Palm Sunday itself marks the day Jesus entered Jerusalem. He entered the city knowing He would be tried and crucified—yet welcomed this fate in order to rise from the grave and save His ...

  9. Agapius (died 306) - Wikipedia

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    Agapius (Ancient Greek: Ἀγάπιος) was a Christian martyr killed at Caesarea in AD 306. [2] He is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church . His martyrdom is recorded by Eusebius of Caesarea in his work The Martyrs of Palestine .