martyrology
Americannoun
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the branch of knowledge dealing with the lives of martyrs.
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a history of martyrs.
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such histories collectively.
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a list of martyrs.
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an official list of martyrs
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Christianity the study of the lives of the martyrs
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a historical account of the lives of martyrs
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Origin of martyrology
1590–1600; < Medieval Latin martyrologium history of martyrs < Late Greek martyrológion. See martyr, -o-, -logy
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Threaded through the narrative, as contrast and commentary, is a martyrology of female saints.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
Showfolk love martyrology as much as political people do.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hilarius died in 449, and his name was afterwards introduced into the Roman martyrology for commemoration on the 5th of May.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
Of his historical works the most valuable is one which was intended to be a Roman Catholic antidote to Foxe’s well-known martyrology.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
The history of kings is the martyrology of nations; we are all equally penetrated by this truth.
From Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty by Imbert de Saint-Amand, Arthur Léon, baron
According to the Catholic Encyclopaedia, at least three Saint Valentines are mentioned in the early martyrologies under the date of 14 February.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2016
But, so far as I have been able to ascertain, they do not occur in any martyrologies or lists of saints of the Western Church older than that of Petrus de Natalibus.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry
Of many hundreds of our Irish saints we have only the meagre details supplied by the martyrologies, with perhaps occasional reference to them in the Lives of other saints.
From Life of St. Declan of Ardmore and Life of St. Mochuda of Lismore by Anonymous
The three martyrologies of Ignatius are likewise universally repudiated as mere fictions.
From Supernatural Religion, Vol. II. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Cassels, Walter Richard
Bollandus had proposed simply to incorporate the notices of the Saints found in ancient martyrologies and manuscripts, adding brief notes upon any difficulties of history, geography, or theology, which might arise.
From The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1 by Various
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