Portrait of Saint Agatha, by Cariani, 1517, Oil on canvas © National Galleries, Scotland. Source: Christian Art. Gospel of 5 ...

In his oil painting Tearing of the Veil of the Temple ... Caesarius of Terracina, a Christian martyr killed in 107 CE, is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches.

Following the commemoration of Saint Agatha and her cruel martyrdom yesterday, we turn today to another profound display of faith under extreme human-inflicted suffering: the martyrdom of Saint Paul ...

Monday’s announcement paves the way for the beatification of the missionaries, who have been known collectively as the ...

An 18th-century painting depicting the ritual murder of Christian children by Jews will ... of a series of works by de Prevot depicting the martyrdom of Christians showing brutal and realistic ...

In that sense, the martyr stories have an incredible effect on the imagination of Christians, because who's the first Christian martyr? Jesus, himself. Heroically witnessing to his own faith ...

Irene of Rome was the widow of the martyr Saint Castulus, a Roman military officer who was killed for spreading the Christian faith ... arrows as depicted in the painting by artist Vicente ...

The five Spanish Franciscans, known as the Georgia martyrs, are seen in a painting featured in a video from the Diocese ...