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The painter’s mature style showed his evolving genius. The images become more imposing & have even greater spirit (Count Guriev, 1821 & Ms Leblanc, 1823). His painting relied heavily on careful study & observation - studies for a martyrdom (1824-34)

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2022-07-31

King Ahmet "The Nobel" Kaplan

A king who lives through the eyes of the peasants, Lives lives through the martyrs and seeks judgment for the righteous could do no wrong, such a Nobel was King Ahmet Kaplan

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2022-07-30

Martyr Logarius in Cuphead /Rubberhose style!

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2022-07-30

SS. Felix, Simplicius, Faustinus and Beatrice

Holy Pontiff Felix III was martyred in Tuscany in the time of the Arians (365). Simplicius and Faustinus, denounced as Christians, were put to death under Diocletian in 304. Beatrice, the sister, was arrested and strangled in prison.

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2022-07-29

The vital importance of clear, unambiguous grammar & punctuation was once more illustrated in 1663 when Farmer B. Giles of Upper Sea-Daisy, a martyr to beanstalk-related problems, requested aid from Jack the giant killer but instead received the attention of Jack the giant killer

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2022-07-27

20 July: St Gerebern's relics were moved to Xanten, Germany. He was the elderly priest & friend of St Dymphna who had to flee from Ireland to Geel, Belgium. They were both beheaded by her father who tracked them down! 🎨Martyrdom of St Dymphna & St Gerebernus by Jacques de l'Ange

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2022-07-20

The reason Dickens is unimpressed is "by reason of the hideous paintings with which its walls are covered. These represent the martyrdoms of saints and early Christians; and such a panorama of horror and butchery, no man could imagine in his sleep." How bad could they be? Oh. 21/

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2022-07-18

UP AND COMING MARTYR

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2022-07-17

Perhaps the most famous martyr of knowledge, Hypatia of Alexandria was one of the great thinkers of the city and the Great Library who were martyred by Christians ravaging the city in their zealotry; she was allegedly beaten, stoned, and flayed.

🖼: L. Figuirer

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2022-07-14

The 2nd-century martyr Saint Quiteria was one of nine sisters imprisoned in a tower for refusing to marry Roman officers. Not only did they escape, they also liberated other Christian prisoners & went on to wage guerilla warfare against the Roman Empire.

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2022-07-14

July 14 is the feast of Blessed Gäbrä-Mika’el: Ethiopian Orthodox monk, scholar, convert to Catholicism, priest, Vincentian postulant, writer, and martyr—tortured to death in 1855, by order of Abuna Salama III.

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2022-07-14

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Studies for "The Martyrdom of Saint Symphorien" (Lictors, Stone Thrower, and Spectator), 1833 https://t.co/fNcsKZqoPM

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2022-07-14

Hail Mary, Queen of martyrs, who spent
Thy life for Heaven while on this earth.
Hail Mary, Queen of my heart, my sweetness,
my life and my entire hope.
Hail Mary, Mother most amiable.
Hail Mary, Mother most admirable.
Hail Mary, Mother of fair love.

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2022-07-13