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A martyr is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an external party. In colloquial
Miniature from the Menologion of Basil II depicting the 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia, who were martyred when Roman soldiers set their church on fire on
Miniature from the Menologion of Basil II depicting the 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia, who were martyred when Roman soldiers set their church on fire on Christmas Day, AD 302
Charles I is regarded by many members of the Church of England as a martyr because, it is said, he was offered his life if he would abandon the histor
Charles I is regarded by many members of the Church of England as a martyr because, it is said, he was offered his life if he would abandon the historic episcopacy in the Church of England. It is said he refused, however, believing that the Church of England was truly "Catholic" and should maintain the Catholic episcopate.
Sculpture at Mehdiana Sahib of the execution of Banda Singh Bahadur by Mughals in 1716[citation needed]
Sculpture at Mehdiana Sahib of the execution of Banda Singh Bahadur by Mughals in 1716[citation needed]
Martyrdom of the seven Hebrew brothers, Attavante degli Attavanti, Vatican Library[citation needed]
Martyrdom of the seven Hebrew brothers, Attavante degli Attavanti, Vatican Library[citation needed]
Maximilian Kolbe
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Maximilian Maria Kolbe, OFM Conv. was a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar, priest, missionary, and martyr. He volunteered to die in place of a man named Franciszek Gajowniczek in the German death cam
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…1918–1991 – New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Orthodox Church, persecuted by communists in the Soviet Union after the October Revolution. 1941 – Maximilian Kolbe, a Roman Catholic priest who was martyred in the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz. 1984 – Father Jerzy Popiełuszko, a Polish Catholic priest and a…
Kolbe in 1936
Kolbe in 1936
Maximilian Kolbe's prison cell in Block 11, Auschwitz concentration camp
Maximilian Kolbe's prison cell in Block 11, Auschwitz concentration camp
Kolbe, on a West German postage stamp, marked Auschwitz
Kolbe, on a West German postage stamp, marked Auschwitz
The statue of Kolbe (left) above the Great West Door of Westminster Abbey
The statue of Kolbe (left) above the Great West Door of Westminster Abbey