A cephalophore (from the Greek for "head-carrier") is a saint who is generally depicted carrying their severed head. In Christian art, this was usually...

celebrating the legend with a haunted corn maze and other activities. Cephalophore, beheaded Christian martyred saints Saints Gemolo and Himerius of Bosto...

support of its previous album, Indie Cindy. The album's title references a cephalophore, a saint carrying his own head, more specifically St. Denis of Paris...

Limoges (also Valeria of Limoges) is a legendary Christian martyr and cephalophore, associated with the Roman period, whose cult was very important in Limousin...

of the emperor Decius shortly after AD 250. Denis is the most famous cephalophore in Christian history, with a popular story claiming that the decapitated...

convent, before collapsing there. Some modern authors link the legends of cephalophores miraculously walking with their heads in their hands to the Celtic cult...

to Hinduism and Buddhism and appears across the world, including the Cephalophore saints of Christianity and in Celtic culture. Chhinnamasta is often named...

was a Frankish shepherdess and a locally venerated Christian saint and cephalophore, whose cult is restricted to Sainte-Solange, Cher. Saint Solange was...

Beheading video Blood atonement Blood squirt, a result from a decapitation. Cephalophore, a martyred saint who supposedly carries their severed head. Chhinnamasta...

Church Eastern Orthodox Church Feast 28 April Attributes Depicted as a cephalophore Patronage his relics were carried in a procession during times of drought...