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Mary, Martha, and Lazarus are represented by St. John as living at Bethania, but St. Luke would seem to imply that they were, at least at one time, living in Galilee; he does not mention the name of the town, but it may have been Magdala, and we should thus, supposing Mary of Bethania and Mary Magdalene to be the same person, understand the ...
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.
Considered to be one of the Ogou, syncretized with St. Charles Borromeo. His feast day is November 4. [2] Santa Marta Dominadora, or Filomena Lubana, the Loa responsible for dominion over men. She is syncretized with St. Martha. Her feast day is July 29. [2] Ogun Balenyo, the Loa of warriors and soldiers. He is syncretized with Santiago (St ...
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
A House of Saint Martha was founded in 1543 by St Ignatius of Loyola to rehabilitate women considered of poor morals, because they were adulterous or "married women shamelessly living in public sin without fear of God or men". Saint Martha is considered the patron saint of married women.
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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 .