Martyr Collection (page 2)

SAINT SEBASTIAN
ST SEBASTIAN Christian martyr from Narbonne, soldier in Rome, beaten to death after reproaching Diocletian for his harassment of Christians. Date: ? - circa 288

Saint Euphemia Died Circa 307 Martyr Chalcedon
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SAINT PRISCA, a Roman virgin and martyr, may have been the wife of Aquila. Thrown to the lions, one licked her feet, and after her death her corpse was guarded by an eagle. Date: 3rd century

DEATH OF PLINY
GAIUS PLINIUS SECUNDUS He dies, a martyr to science, while observing the eruption of Veusvius Date: 23 - 79 AD

EXECUTION/JOHN LAURENCE
Protestant martyr John Laurence is burned to death by Catholics

Tomb of Gervase (or Stephen) Alard, Winchelsea, Sussex
Tomb with effigy, formerly believed to be that of Gervase Alard (1270-1340), Admiral of the Cinque Ports and first recorded Mayor of Winchelsea (in 1294), in the Church of St Thomas the Martyr

The martyrdom of Jan Hus, Czech religious leader, seized despite promise of safe conduct, and burnt for heresy. Date: 1415

St. Magnus the Martyr, Thames Street, City of London
circa 1910s

The Coronation Stone - Kingston upon Thames
circa 1910s

Photograph of Steam Packet PH, St Magnes Martyr, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Joan of Arc - How Joan the Maid, clad in Pages Dress, had audience of the Dauphin Charles - Kay Nielsen artwork. Date: 1922

Sir Guy de Bryan, Baron Bryan, died 1391. In suit of armour with chainmail camail attached to helmet. From his grave effigy in Tewkesbury Abbey, England

Mosaic in the choir of the Basilica of Sant Ambrogio
Mosaic of Christ Pantokrator in the choir of the Basilica of Sant Ambrogio, Milan, 4th century. Musaico nel Coro di S. Ambrogio

Relics associated with Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury - ivory grace cup (centre), two mitres (left: Sens Abbey, Normandy; right: at one time the property of Cardinal Manning)

The British Valhalla -- Archbishop Thomas Becket
The British Valhalla -- Bishop of Exeter at Northampton, supplicating Archbishop Thomas Becket to submit to King Henry II, and the reconciliation at Montmirail in France

Detail of St Catherine, by Pellegrino Tibaldi
Detail of St Catherine, from a painting by Pellegrino Tibaldi (1527-1596), Italian Mannerist artist, sculptor and architect. Date: 16th century

Choosing the jockey: Young woman in form-revealing dress and short martyr hairstyle seated on chaise longue pointing to a young man with a dog, while two older men and a black servant boy watch

Merveilleuses playing the game of La Main Chaude
La main chaude or Paumele. Merveilleuses in flimsy muslin dresses play the game of hot hands. One girl buries her head in anothers lap, and has to guess which friend slaps her arm

Merveilleuses playing badminton in a garden
Badminton. Merveilleuse in flimsy dresses play a game of badminton in a garden. Several have their hair in the fashionable short cut known as the martyr or victime

The Martyrdom, the place within (below the wall plaque) Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, England, where Thomas a Becket (Archbishop of Canterbury) was assassinated in 1170. Date: 29 December 1170

View of the Monument and the Church of St Magnus the Martyr in Lower Thames Street. The church was destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666

St. Edmunds Church, Acle, Norfolk
1956

Burial of Saints Cosmas and Damian Date: 1439

Saint Georges Victory Date: 1915

Saint Jerome Departs Date: 850

Saint Apollonia by Piero della Francesca (1416-1492) - Umbrian - painted on wood, apparently formed part of a polyptych. Date: 1462

Costume of Madame Raquet, merveilleuse in the martyr style.. Costume of Madame Raquet, merveilleuse in the martyr style. She wears a round English hat in beaver skin

SAINT EUFROSYNA Roman martyr (centre) with Saints Domitilla (on left) and Theodora Date: First century

Monument & Church of St Magnus
View of the Monument and the church of St Magnus the Martyr. The church was destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666, but rebuilt under the guidance of Sir Christopher Wren and reopened in 1676

St Barbara - Santa Barbara, California
St Barbara - known in the Eastern Orthodox Church as the Great Martyr Barbara, was an early Christian Greek saint and martyr

Emily Wilding Davison - Suffragette
Emily Wilding Davison (1872-1913). Died after throwing herself in front of the Kings horse at the Derby in June 1913, She is wearing a prisoners brooch and another medal. Date: circa 1910

St Bartholomew Flayed (1562) by Marco d Agrate (c. 1504 A?i
St Bartholomew Flayed (1562), transept of the Cathedral of Milan. Renaissance. Statue was made by italian sculptor, Marco d Agrate (c. 1504 A?i? c. 1574)

St Philomena (Full)
SAINT PHILOMENA Though much venerated by the Cure d Ars and others, this Roman martyr never lived - her supposed existence arose from an archeological mistake Date: NEVER

Death of President Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C. April 15th 1865. The Nations Martyr. Mr. Chase C. J. Secy. McCulloch. Atty. General. Vice Prest. Johnson. Chas. Sumner. Secy. Stanton. Secy

St Cecilia / Liebig Card
SAINT CECILIA Roman saint and martyr, patron saint of musicians, alongside an organist, a cellist and a violinist

St Stephen stoned - Acts 8. circa 1688

Saint John Altarpiece, 1518, by Hans Burgkmair the Elder (14
Hans Burgkmair the Elder (1473-1531). German painter. Saint John Altarpiece, 1518. Detail of Saint Erasmus of Formiae, 4th century. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany

Statue of Saint Barbara by Ambrogio Parisi (1676-1719). Chur
Italy. Rome. Church of Saint Barbara of Librai. Detail of the facade, built by Giuseppe Passeri (1654-1714) with the statue of Saint Barbara by Ambrogio Parisi (1676-1719). 17th century

Saint Philomena. 4th century
Saint Philomena (291?-304?). Virgin martyr saint of the Catholic Church. Said to have been a young Greek princess martyred in the 4th century. Colored engraving. 19th century

Two Saints make shoes being tempted by the devil. Engraving

El Greco. Saint Sebastian
El Greco (1541-1614). Saint Sebastian. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

Early Christian Art. Egypt. Clay jar (AMPULLAE) with Saint
Early Christian Art. Egypt. Clay jar (AMPULLAE) representing Saint Mena flanked by two camels. Dated in the seventh century. It comes from the sanctuary of Saint Mena in Egypt. Byzantine Museum

Welsh Chartist Martyrs -- Jones, Frost and Williams
Welsh Chartist Martyrs, prosecuted for their involvement in the Newport Rising of 3-4 November 1839 -- William Jones (1809-1873), John Frost (1784-1877) and Zephaniah Williams (1795-1874). circa 1839

Saint Victoria
SAINT VICTORIA Roman martyr who refused to marry her pagan fiance, or to offer sacrifices Date: 3rd century

Saint Jules Martyr. Printed in Paris. XX century. Private Collection. Litography

Suffragette Votes for Sheep Martyr. Little Bo Peep stands with her shepherds crook holding a picture of a sheep in a prison cell, with Votes for Women as the headline, and a martyr beneath

The Foochow Mission Cemetery, Fuzhou, China. Graves of martyred Missionaries in China. Contains the bodies of 11 missionaries killed in the Kucheng (Gutian County) Massacre of 1895

Louis De Berquin
LOUIS DE BERQUIN French protestant martyr Date: 1489 - 1529

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