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Relic from the bones of Saint Martha, venerated in her Diocesan Shrine in Pateros. A number of churches are dedicated to St. Martha including: Roman Catholic churches The Parish of Saint Martha in Imus, Cavite. The only parish in the Diocese of Imus dedicated to Saint Martha. Europe: Église Sainte-Marthe de Tarascon in Tarascon, France; United ...
Saints Marius, Martha, Audifax, and Abachum [1] (died 270) were, according to their largely legendary passio of the 6th century, four saints of the same family (a married couple and their two sons). They came from Persia to Rome , and were martyred in 270 for sympathizing with Christian martyrs and burying their bodies.
The Domus Sanctae Marthae (Latin for Saint Martha's House; Italian: Casa Santa Marta) is a building adjacent to St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. Completed in 1996, during the pontificate of Pope John Paul II, it is named after Martha of Bethany, who was a sibling to Mary and Lazarus of Bethany.
The devotion to Santa Marta de Pateros traces its roots to primeval beliefs in a water goddess. [1] Tradition recounts that in the 1800s, Saint Martha (who legendarily subdued the Tarasque), was invoked by the people of Pateros to vanquish a crocodile in the Pateros River that ate their ducks. [2]
Saint Martha may refer to: Martha of Bethany, Biblical character and contemporary of Jesus; Saints Maris, Martha, Abachum and Audifax, third-century martyrs killed for their faith; Saint Martha, mother of Simeon Stylites the Younger, saint in the Eastern Orthodox church; Saint Martha (French), fourth-century nun, wife of St Amator
St. Martha Catholic Church is a parish in the Archdiocese of Chicago located in ... St. Martha's Church acquired a house near the rectory which became a convent for ...
Église Sainte-Marthe de Tarascon Romanesque southern portal Church interior Sarcophagus of Saint Martha Mary of Egypt by Pierre Parrocel. Église Sainte-Marthe de Tarascon or Collégiale Royale Sainte-Marthe is a collegiate church in Tarascon, France, dedicated to Saint Martha. It is where, according to a local tradition, the biblical figure ...
A Mary and Martha Society is a volunteer group associated with various Christian churches, each group being independent of the others. Even when the group appears in a hierarchical organization , for example the Roman Catholic Church , the group is only serving that particular church, not with the larger organization.