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December 29, 1170: Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, was assassinated in Canterbury Cathedral.
Sketch by Travis Simpkins
https://t.co/UjuDuBuUwV

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2021-12-30

The martyrdom of Thomas Becket 1170 represented on a boss in Norwich Cathedral, the four knights driven on by devils, and in a wall painting at Brookland, Kent. Today is the feast of St Thomas of Canterbury.

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2021-12-29

"I know! Instead of watching TV all day why don't we each read our favourite poem to the rest and then we can discuss them in turn?"

Pic: Vasari's Martyrdom of St Stephen

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2021-12-26

Martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, 1607

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2021-12-16

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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2021-12-12

...the more errr... concerning element of Bartholomew's story is the nature of his martyrdom. Following his conversion of an Armenian king to Christianity, he was martyred... by having his skin flayed from his body.

For a mutant whose gift involves his skin... this is really...

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2021-12-10

“The Martyrdom of Saint Lucious”
24x24 oil on canvas

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2021-11-27

The martyrdom of a pregnant vegetarian XD

P.S. I was inspired by watching Friends XD

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2021-11-23

drew my Feris as a Shinx as part of 's Shining Pearl Nuzlocke that started last night, and I love her so much!😻 ...And then I died to a zubat two levels higher than me.😹 Oh well, somebody had to be the first death.
Tell the masses of Feris' martyrdom!

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2021-11-22

Martyrdom of St. Catherine, 1615

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2021-11-14

"Matheus apostolus"
Martyrdom of Saint Matthiew - Matthaeus, Matthieu, Matteo
Woodcut Type of print: Woodcut
Color: Excellent original hand coloring
Published in: Nuremberg Chronicle ("Weltchronik" (Liber Chronicarum)
By Hartmann Schedel.
Published: Nuremberg, 1493 (1st edition)

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2021-10-24

The Myth of Martyrdom. He cast himself in a dazzling array of roles, both on and off the page. Can history restore the full measure of Wilde’s complexity?
1854. [https://t.co/key6P2ksI0] via

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2021-10-17

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

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2021-10-14