The Martyr or The Little Martyr is a c.1885 plaster sculpture of a naked dead or sleeping female figure by Auguste Rodin, now in the Musee Rodin. The...
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Martyr (politics) Martyr (surname) "The Martyr" (Herman Melville poem), on the assassination of Abraham Lincoln The Martyr (sculpture), by Rodin Matt Bentley...
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A martyr (Greek: μάρτυς, mártys, 'witness' stem μαρτυρ-, martyr-) is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing...
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Peter of Verona (redirect from Saint Peter The Martyr)
Peter of Verona (1205 – April 6, 1252), also known as Saint Peter Martyr and Saint Peter of Verona, was a 13th-century Italian Catholic priest. He was...
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The Kiss (French: Le Baiser) is an 1882 marble sculpture by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin. The embracing nude couple depicted in the sculpture appeared...
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Four Crowned Martyrs is a sculptural group by Nanni di Banco. It forms part of a cycle of fourteen sculptures commissioned by the guilds of Florence for...
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The Haymarket Martyrs' Monument is a funeral monument and sculpture located at Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Dedicated...
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Sophia of Rome (category Christians martyred during the reign of Diocletian)
is venerated as a Christian martyr. She is identified in hagiographical tradition with the figure of Sophia of Milan, the mother of Saints Faith, Hope...
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observation of the sculpture seems to bear this out. The martyr almost turns away from the pain, his upper body and head reaching upwards towards the skies, with...
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the Brave statue (Michael the Brave) Sándor Petőfi Statue (Sándor Petőfi) Szentgyörgyi István Statue (István Szentgyörgyi) Székely martyrs' sculpture...
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