The woman with seven sons was a Jewish martyr described in the deuterocanonical 2 Maccabees 7 and elaborated in 4 Maccabees. She and her seven sons were arrested during the persecution of Judaism init
The Holy Maccabee Martyrs, showing the Seven Brothers and their Mother, with Eleazar whose own martyrdom was in the previous passage.
Antonio Ciseri's Martyrdom of the Seven Maccabees (1863), depicting the woman with her dead sons.
The Martyrdom of the Seven Maccabees in the Golden Legend (1497).
The Courage of a Mother, one of Gustave Doré's illustrations for La Grande Bible de Tours, 1866.
July 31 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - Aug. 2
Menaion calendar icon: August. 1 day = 1 saint
Feast icon of The Origin of the Precious Wood of the Life-Giving Cross
St. Eusebius of Vercelli. By Richard de Montbaston (14th century).