Martyr Collection (page 6)

Martyrdom of Jacob

Canterbury - Martyrdom
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

St Philomena / Epinal
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

Izmir, Turkey - Kadifekale
The town of Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey, encroaching on the hillside site of the martyrdom and burial place of St. Polycarp - Mount Pagos (Kadifekale) close to Izmir (Smyrna) Turkey

St Andrew with cross
St Andrew. Apostle, martyr, saint, fisherman, depicted walking to the X shaped cross on which he is to be crucified, known as a Saint Andrews cross in consequence

Edward the Martyr / Oval
ENGLISH ROYALTY Assassinated at Corfe Castle, possibly on orders of his stepmother Elfrida to make room for her son Ethelred

St Cecilia / Organ / Anon
SAINT CECILIA Roman saint and martyr, patron saint of musicians, playing a portative organ while a cherub listens

St Cecilia / Delaroche
SAINT CECILIA Roman saint and martyr, patron saint of musicians, playing a portative organ

St Cecilia / Raphael
SAINT CECILIA Roman saint and martyr, patron saint of musicians, carrying a portative organ while angels sing in the clouds above

Events / Germany / Nuremberg
HORST WESSELs A man, and martyr to the cause, marching at Nuremberg rally in 1929

Saint Domitilla
SAINT THEODORA Roman martyr (on right) with Saints Domitilla (on left) and Eufrosyna

Scene from Bernard Shaws Saint Joan
A scene from George Bernard Shaws play, Saint Joan, with Sybil Thorndike as Joan (right) and Ernest Thesiger as the Dauphin (left)

Corneille / Polyeucte
POLYEUCTE The character of Pauline, a Christian martyr

Santa Lucia
SANTA LUCIA di Siragusa Sicilian saint and martyr

Polycarp (Dean)
POLYCARP Bishop of Smyrna (Izmir), martyr

Robert Southwell / Weld
ROBERT SOUTHWELL English poet and Jesuit martyr

King Edward Murdered
Edwards accession to the throne is resented by his stepmother, Elfrida, who wants the crown for son Ethelred : when Edward is murdered while hunting he is seen as a martyr

Saint Petronilla
SAINT PETRONILLA Roman martyr, sometimes supposed to be the daughter of St Peter : she was martyred when she preferred virginity to an aristocratic marriage

Campion & Parsons 1581
Edmund Campion (1540-1581) suspected of papist leanings, hanged at Tyburn, shown with fellow Jesuit Robert Parsons whose mission was to reclaim England for catholicism

Charing Cross 1877
Charing Cross before development, with the equestrian statue of the royal martyr, Charles I

Roman Martyr & Saint
Saint CECILIA virgin, martyr & musician

Justin Martyr
JUSTINUS Philosopher and martyr

Eulalia, Saint
EULALIA (SAINT) OF BARCELONA Spanish martyr (under Diocletian) - patron saint of sailors

Massacre of Dominicans at Sandomir, Poland
At Sandomir (now Sandomierz), a city on the River Vistula in south east Poland, 49 Dominicans are massacred by Tartars (or Tatars) invading from the east

Cecilia (2Nd / 3rd Century
Roman martyr & saint patron of musicians

King Edward the Martyr
EDWARD THE MARYTR King of England (reigned 975-978), assassinated, possibly on the command of his stepmother, Aelfthryth, ambitious for her son Aethelred II

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