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Finally, as the last of the martyrs, she was scourged, placed on a red-hot grate, enclosed in a net and thrown before a wild steer, which tossed her into the air with his horns. In the end, she was killed with a dagger. [6] Jules Comparat,The Martyrdom of Saint Blandina (1886), typanum of the Church of Saint-Blandine de Lyon, Lyon
The Christian Martyrs' Last Prayer (French: La Dernière Prière des martyrs chrétiens), also known as The Christian Martyrs and The Last Prayer, is an 1883 painting by the French painter Jean-Léon Gérôme. [1] It is part of the collection of the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore.
The full title of the book is The Bloody Theater or Martyrs Mirror of the Defenseless Christians who baptized only upon confession of faith, and who suffered and died for the testimony of Jesus, their Saviour, from the time of Christ to the year A.D. 1660.
Painting of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. The Fourteen Holy Helpers (German: Vierzehn Nothelfer, Latin: Quattuordecim auxiliatores) are a group of saints venerated together by Catholics because their intercession is believed to be particularly effective, especially against various diseases.
Despite the torture, the saints refused to abjure. [3] Marius and his two sons were thus beheaded on the Via Cornelia, and their bodies were burnt. Martha meanwhile was killed at a place called in Nimpha or Nymphae Catabassi (later called Santa Ninfa), [4] thirteen miles from Rome. Tradition states that Martha was cast into a well.
The clear example of vengeance in the poem is the first line of “Avenge, O Lord,” which could be a reference to Luke 18:7, a Bible verse that speaks about vengeance, or to Revelation 6:9-10, a verse depicting the souls of martyrs crying out “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who ...
Thomas Cromwell in 1532/1533 by Hans Holbein the Younger. Following the secession of the Church of England from the jurisdiction of the Church of Rome in 1530, and the designation of the monarch, Henry VIII of England, as the chief power in both the civil and ecclesiastical estates of the realm, it was needed for the establishment of the English Reformation that the reformed Christian ...
Le Livre des Martyrs (Geneva, 1554) Recueil de plusieurs personnes qui ont constamment enduré la mort pour le nom de N. S. J. C. depuis Jean Hus jusqu'à cette année présente 1554 (1555); Troisieme partie du recueil des martyrs (1556) Quatrieme partie des actes des martyrs (1561) Cinquieme partie des actes des martyrs (1563) Actes de Martyrs ...