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Saint Paul. Engraving by A. Collaert.

Saint Martina: her martyrdom. Etching by A. Gherardi, 166-.

Martyrdom of Saint Erasmus: his intestines are extracted from his body with a windlass. Etching by P. Testa.

M0007693: Tryptych panel depicting the martydom of Saints Cosmas and Damian

Saint Thomas Aquinas; Saint Antony the Great greeting Saint Louis of Toulouse (?); martyrdom of a male saint; martyrdom of Saint Lucy. Woodcuts.

Martyrdom of two men by disembowelling and by decapitation. Etching after Ferrari [Cesare Ferreri?].

King Charles I praying. Engraving by Abraham Hertochs, 1662 after P. Fruytiers after W. Marshall.

Saint Saturninus, Bishop of Toulouse: his martyrdom. Engraving.

The martyrdom of Thiemo (Theodamarus) of Salzburg: his intestines are wound on to a windlass. Engraving by R. Sadeler I, 1615, after P. Candidus (Pieter de Witte).

Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew, 17th century

John Williams, a bookseller stands in the pillory in the Palace Yard, Westminster, surrounded by a cheering crowd. Engraving with ten verses in five columns below, 1765.

M0007630: The martyrdom of Saint Apollonia

There Is No Crime for Those Who Have Christ : Religious Violence in the Christian Roman Empire / Michael Gaddis.

M0007690: Photograph of an altar piece painting of the martyrdom of Saints Cosmas and Damian

M0002805: Bas relief of the martyrdom of St. Vincent

Martyrdom of two male saints by burning at the stake with a martyred female. Etching by Ferrari [Cesare Ferreri?] after himself.

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Martyrdom

Images from the collections

Images referencing Martyrdom

Works from the collections

Saint Saturninus, Bishop of Toulouse: his martyrdom. Engraving.

There Is No Crime for Those Who Have Christ : Religious Violence in the Christian Roman Empire / Michael Gaddis.

M0007690: Photograph of an altar piece painting of the martyrdom of Saints Cosmas and Damian

M0002805: Bas relief of the martyrdom of St. Vincent

Martyrdom of two male saints by burning at the stake with a martyred female. Etching by Ferrari [Cesare Ferreri?] after himself.

Martyrdom

Images from the collections

Images referencing Martyrdom

Works from the collections

Saint Saturninus, Bishop of Toulouse: his martyrdom. Engraving.

There Is No Crime for Those Who Have Christ : Religious Violence in the Christian Roman Empire / Michael Gaddis.

M0007690: Photograph of an altar piece painting of the martyrdom of Saints Cosmas and Damian

M0002805: Bas relief of the martyrdom of St. Vincent

Martyrdom of two male saints by burning at the stake with a martyred female. Etching by Ferrari [Cesare Ferreri?] after himself.

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