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...
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celebrating the legend with a haunted corn maze and other activities. Cephalophore, beheaded Christian martyred saints Saints Gemolo and Himerius of Bosto...
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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...
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Valerie of Limoges (category Cephalophores)
Limoges (also Valeria of Limoges) is a legendary Christian martyr and cephalophore, associated with the Roman period, whose cult was very important in Limousin...
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Denis of Paris (category Cephalophores)
of the emperor Decius shortly after ADÂ 250. Denis is the most famous cephalophore in Christian history, with a popular story claiming that the decapitated...
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Osgyth (category Cephalophores)
convent, before collapsing there. Some modern authors link the legends of cephalophores miraculously walking with their heads in their hands to the Celtic cult...
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to Hinduism and Buddhism and appears across the world, including the Cephalophore saints of Christianity and in Celtic culture. Chhinnamasta is often named...
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Aphrodisius (category Cephalophores)
Church Eastern Orthodox Church Feast 28 April Attributes Depicted as a cephalophore Patronage his relics were carried in a procession during times of drought...
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Solange of Bourges (category Cephalophores)
was a Frankish shepherdess and a locally venerated Christian saint and cephalophore, whose cult is restricted to Sainte-Solange, Cher. Saint Solange was...
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Beheading video Blood atonement Blood squirt, a result from a decapitation. Cephalophore, a martyred saint who supposedly carries their severed head. Chhinnamasta...
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