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The martyr twins are invoked in the Canon of the Mass in the prayer known as the Communicantes ( from the first Latin word of the prayer ): " In communion with the whole Church, they venerate above all others the memory of the glorious ever-virgin Mary, Mother of our God and Lord, Jesus Christ, then of blessed Joseph, husband of the Virgin, your blessed Apostles and Martyrs, Peter and Paul, Andrew, James, John, Thomas, James, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Simon and Jude: Linus, Cletus, Clement, Sixtus, Cornelius, Cyprian, Laurence, Chrysogonus, John and Paul, Cosmas and Damian and all your Saints: grant through their merits and prayers that in all things we may be defended by the help of your protection.
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* If the Venerable was not a martyr – all non-martyrs are " confessors " as they " confessed " or bore witness to their faith by how they lived their lives – it must be proven that a miracle has taken place by his or her intercession: that is, that God has shown a sign that the person is enjoying the Beatific Vision by God performing a miracle in response to the Blessed's prayers.
Saint Joan of Arc-whose Catholic piety and orthodoxy are attested in numerous documents ( such as the letter she dictated threatening to lead a crusade against the Hussites ), and who was executed by the English for what even the tribunal members later admitted were political reasons-was rewritten as a pagan martyr by Murray.
Such exemplary saints include martyrs, confessors of the Faith, evangelists, or important biblical figures such as Saint Matthew, the Lutheran theologian and martyr to the Nazis, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Salvation Army Founder William Booth, African missionary David Livingstone and Methodism's revered founder John Wesley are among many cited as Protestant saints.
Reasons for his interment in Canterbury are debatable, but it is highly likely that Henry deliberately associated himself with the martyr saint for reasons of political expediency, namely, the legitimation of his dynasty after seizing the throne from Richard II.
Numerous basilicas are notable shrines, often even receiving significant pilgrimages, especially among the many that were built above a confessio or the burial place of a martyr – although this term now usually designates a space before the high altar that is sunk lower than the main floor level ( as in the case in St Peter's and St John Lateran in Rome ) and that offer more immediate access to the burial places below.
Among the more prominent deacons in history are Phoebe, the only person actually called " deacon " in Scripture ; Stephen, the first Christian martyr ( the " protomartyr "); Philip, whose baptism of the Ethiopian eunuch is recounted in ; Saint Lawrence, an early Roman martyr ; Saint Vincent of Saragossa, protomartyr of Spain ; Saint Francis of Assisi, founder of the mendicant Franciscans ; Saint Ephrem the Syrian and Saint Romanos the Melodist, a prominent early hymnographer.
Another category Anouilh specifies are his pièces costumées (" costume plays ") which include The Lark, La Foire d ' Empoigne ( Catch as Catch Can ), and Becket, an international success, depicting the historical martyr Thomas à Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury who sought to defend the church against the monarch ( and his friend ), Henry II of England, who had appointed him to his see.
Of particular importance are the famous Arian ; Eunomius of Cyzicus ; Saint Dalmatius ; Proclus of Constantinople and Germanus of Auxerre, who became Patriarchs of Constantinople ; and Saint Emilian, a martyr in the eighth century.
The Roman Catholic patron saints of Thibodaux are Saint Valérie, an early Christian martyr, and Saint Vitalis of Milan, her husband, also a martyr.
Russian Orthodox icon of the Passion with scenes of the martyr dom of the Twelve Apostles, symbolizing how all are called to enter into the Passion ( Moscow Kremlin ).
In Christianity, comparisons are sometimes made between the death of Abel and that of Jesus, the former thus seen as being the first martyr.
The relics of saints ( traditionally, always those of a martyr ) are also sewn into the antimension which is given to a priest by his bishop as a means of bestowing faculties upon him ( i. e., granting him permission to celebrate the Sacred Mysteries ).
People who are codependent often take on the role as a martyr ; they constantly put others ' needs before their own and in doing so forget to take care of themselves.
Du Paty, somewhat moved, said to him on going out: " If you are innocent, you are the greatest martyr of all time.
A shrine ( " case or chest for books or papers "; Old French: escrin " box or case ") is a holy or sacred place, which is dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, daemon or similar figure of awe and respect, at which they are venerated or worshipped.
:" ... we and the faithful barons and magnates of our kingdom shall bear and have, and do choose and agree to wear and bear, in the manner of society, the sign or effigy of the Dragon incurved into the form of a circle, its tail winding around its neck, divided through the middle of its back along its length from the top of its head right to the tip of its tail, with blood a red cross flowing out into the interior of the cleft by a white crack, untouched by blood, just as and in the same way that those who fight under the banner of the glorious martyr St George are accustomed to bear a red cross on a white field ..."
The archbishop, who hastened to Rome soon after the crime, in his charge against Wenceslaus, called the victim a martyr ; in the vita written a few years later miracles are already recorded, by which the drowned man was discovered.
Translations such as " gentleman " or " knight " have traditionally been suggested to convey the social aspect of the phrase, while " war hero " or the more cynical " martyr " are more recent versions, and emphasise the military element.
* Saint Lawrence ( 225 – 258 ), the Christian martyr, after whom all others are named
The attractions in the city of Moquegua are Main Square which features a fountain made and built in France by the Engineer Gustave Eifel, Santo Domingo Church contains the image of Santa Fortuna, a martyr, from the first centuries of Christianity who is worshipped by the faithful.
* Saint Vincenca, 3rd century Roman martyr, whose relics are in Blato, Croatia
The lowest niches are occupied by the Franciscan Father Luís Jayme, first martyr of the Mission period, and Fray Antonio de la Ascensión, the Carmelite historiographer who accompanied Vizcaíno.
martyr and Canon
The day's Mass was originally celebrated not in honour of the birth of Christ but rather in commemoration of this martyr, and towards the end of the 5th century her name was also inserted in the Roman Canon.
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In 1931, he wrote the Mass for the 500th Anniversary of the Death of Joan of Arc, which was premiered at the cathedral in Rouen to commemorate the quincentenary of Joan of Arc's martyr death.
The remains of the martyr Saint Cessianus were installed in the main altar during the first Mass held in the renovated Cathedral on November 23, 1986.
As a " living martyr ", Jogues was given a special permission by Pope Urban VIII to say Holy Mass with his mutilated hands, as the Eucharist could not be touched with any fingers but the thumb and forefinger.
This martyr enjoys the distinction, unique in the Roman liturgy, of having a special commemoration in the second Mass on Christmas Day.
Saint Cristóbal Magallanes Jara, also known as Christopher Magallanes is a martyr and saint venerated in the Catholic Church who was killed without trial on the way to say Mass during the Cristero War after the trumped up charge of inciting rebellion.
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He was known for his devotion to the Eucharist and for his prayer for martyrdom: " Lord, I want to be a martyr ; even though I am your unworthy servant, I want to pour out my blood, drop by drop, for your name.
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Stephen, one of the first deacons, is arrested for blasphemy, and after a trial, is found guilty and executed by stoning by the Jews, thereby becoming the first known Christian martyr.
One well known member of this religious and ethnic community is Saint Abo, martyr and the patron saint of Tbilisi, Georgia.
However, a more recent source says that of the martyr Felix nothing is known except his name, that he was a martyr, and that he was buried in the cemetery on the Via Portuensis that bears his name.
Saint Bruno of Querfurt ( c. 974 – February 14, 1009 ), also known as Brun and Boniface, is a sainted missionary bishop and martyr, who was beheaded near the border of Kievan Rus and Lithuania while trying to spread Christianity in Eastern Europe.
Much of the post-Roman development of St Albans was in memorial to Saint Alban, the earliest known British Christian martyr, executed in AD 250 ( the exact date is unknown, with scholars suggesting dates of 209, 254 and 304 ).
Saeed was known to Tawfiq bin Attash who is thought to have convinced him to become a martyr.
Edith Stein, also Saint Teresia Benedicta of the Cross, informally also known as Saint Edith Stein ( born: October 12, 1891 – died: August 9, 1942 ), was a German Roman Catholic philosopher and nun, regarded as a martyr and saint of the Roman Catholic Church.
Andrzej Bobola ( sometimes Andrew Bobola, 1591 – 16 May 1657 ) was a Polish missionary and martyr of the Society of Jesus, known as the apostle of Lithuania and the " hunter of souls ".
Father Damien is locally known as Pater Damiaan, and was a legendary martyr of charity who had tended to the lepers in the Hawaiian Islands.
Magdalen Hall was known for its adherence to the teachings of John Wycliffe, and it was here that William Tyndale, translator of the English Bible and martyr, studied.
During the Roman Empire when Sisak was known as Siscia, Christian martyr Quirinus of Sescia was tortured and nearly killed during Diocletian's persecution of Christians.
* Amba Sada, also known as Psote, Christian bishop and martyr in Upper Egypt
Margaret the Virgin, also known as Margaret of Antioch ( in Pisidia ), virgin and martyr, is celebrated as a saint by the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches on July 20 ; and on July 17 in the Orthodox Church.
Henry IV, Part 1 caused controversy on its first performances in 1597, because the comic character now known as " Falstaff " was originally named " Oldcastle " and was based on John Oldcastle, a famous Protestant martyr with powerful living descendants in England.
Saint Lucy ( 283 – 304 ), also known as Saint Lucia or Santa Lucia, was a wealthy young Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, Anglican, Lutheran, and Orthodox Christians.
The movement became known as Htaung thoun ya byei ayeidawbon ( the ' 1300 Revolution ' named after the Burmese calendar year ), and December 20, the day the first martyr Aung Kyaw fell, commemorated by students as ' Bo Aung Kyaw Day '.
Saint Erasmus of Formiae was a Christian saint and martyr who died c. 303, also known as Saint Elmo.
Saint Eustace, also known as Eustachius or Eustathius or Eustathios, was a Christian martyr who lived in the 2nd century AD.
Pavel Trofimovich Morozov (; November 14, 1918 – September 3, 1932 ), better known by the diminutive Pavlik, was a Soviet youth praised by the Soviet press as a martyr.
His radical ideas eventually brought about his death by execution as a heretic to the church, but became a martyr for the Protestant Reformation and followers of Jan Hus ( known as Hussites ).
The first known Christian martyr was St. Stephen as recorded in the, who was stoned to death for his faith.
Early on, Martí believed the exploitation of the country's poor was for the profit of the rich, and he became known as a Salvadoran revolutionary and a martyr for the Salvadoran Left.
* Pope Clement I, also known as St. Clement of Rome, ( died c. 98 ), martyr and fourth pope
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