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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 ...
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.
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
A Christian man was freed from an Egyptian prison last month after three years of detention over Facebook posts he shared among an online group of converts from Christianity to Islam.. Abdulbaqi ...
Little is known about the actual lives of these two men. Later hagiography suggests that Marcellinus, a priest, and Peter, an exorcist, died in the year 304, during the Diocletianic Persecution. Pope Damasus I claimed that he heard the story of these two martyrs from their executioner who went on to become a Christian. [1]
"Palm" branches were often worn in the buttonhole or hung on the wall; the second practise is still common, and palm branches are blessed with holy water at Catholic Masses. [ 49 ] In the past in some areas, a palm stem was charred and a cross was marked on eggs set for hatching, while in parts of Counties Galway and Mayo, shredded palm was ...
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 ...
Saint Barbara with a palm branch and a tower; Early Christian martyrs in the age of persecution - Sculptor: Antonio Raggi. 3rd arch. Saint Dorothy with a cherub holding a basket of garden fruits; Saint Agatha with a cherub and a palm branch; Early Christian virgins and martyrs - Sculptor: Giuseppe Perone. 4th arch. Saint Thecla with a lion