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Martyred Reformation leaders had apparently died in vain, they declared.

From Time • Oct. 30, 2017

If I could have labelled her as the Scarlet Woman, the Martyred Saint, the Jolly Bohemian, or the Bold Adventuress, my task would have been easy.

From Simon the Jester by Locke, William John

He died a few years afterwards, being known in the neighbourhood by the name of the Martyred Innocent!

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Leighton, Alexander

In the chapel of St. Anthony of Padua is a painting of the "Holy Family," and in another—that of Ste. Anne—a remarkable work depicting the "Martyred St. Symphorien at Autun."

From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

She seemed some anguished saint Martyred by visions.

From Sword Blades and Poppy Seed by Lowell, Amy