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On 14 February 269 AD, Saint Valentine of Rome was martyred. A common hagiography describes him as a priest of Rome or as the former Bishop of Terni, an important town of Umbria, in central Italy.

The Feast of Saint Valentine, also known as Saint

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Today is my birthday

So let's introduce my new Oc Cecilia an Adepta Sororita from the Order of Our Martyred Lady

She's blind of one eye, a negligible price to bring the light of the Emperor to all the worlds and do his sacred duty of exterminate the xenos, demons and heretics

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Today is the Feast of St. Lawrence of Rome, Patron Saint of the Eternal City, Deacon martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Valerian.
Ora pro nobis

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screaming crying throwing up thinking of noctis being remembered only as a martyred king and not also the silly sweet boy who loved fishing and camping with his buddies and going out of his way to feed stray cats

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When Hussain was martyred, his brutal enemies looted everything they could find in his tents, then they set the tents to fire & raced to rob the ladies.
Such cruelty continues today in Kabol & Palestine!

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3 Aug 1579: William Allen, future cardinal, sends 21 priests off on the mission to England One of these, St Alexander Briant SJ, was martyred alongside St Edmund Campion SJ in 1581.

(BM)

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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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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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On this day in 1994, Mehdi Dibaj was abducted and martyred for his faith. He was an Iranian pastor who had been imprisoned for 10 years. Five months after his release, Dibaj was abducted and killed. His life is an example of living in daily commitment to Christ, even unto death.

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Goofy ahh werewolf on a crusade for his martyred lady

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THE HOGBACK SAGA PAGES 128-130 MEETING A MARTYRED KING

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Guru Ji said that no one leaves empty from the door of Guru Nanak. Go and tell the Subedar that if he converts Guru Tegh Bahadur to Islam then all Kashmiri Brahmins will become Muslims. And at Chandni Chowk in Delhi Aurangzeb martyred Guru Tegh Bahadur sahib ji.#thekashmirfiles

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Saint Valentine was martyred in Rome on February 14 in AD 269, according to the legend, by Emperor Claudius himself when he tried to convert him to Christianity. His relics are kept in the Church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin in Rome.

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Celsia, a Roman governor's wife, is said to have had 9 daughters after drinking from a magical spring in (#Galicia). Since the girls were Christians, they were martyred.
One of them, Santa Liberata or Santa Librada, is venerated for favoring childbirth.

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Best PFP NFT of 2021 x RA! Awards continued...

"CryptoPunk by has been nominated by

"Punk will be one of the most famous punks as he was martyred in the year of our Lord 2021. Ashes to ashes. PFP to Pixels..."

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...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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Sketches of ancient Armenian costumes by Eugène Lacoste (1877-1878), for usage for the opera about Saint Polyeuctus, who, according Christian tradition, was a wealthy Roman army officer who was martyred in Armenia around early 3rd century AD.

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St. Andrew, Apostle (60)

Brother of St. Peter, at first a disciple of St. John the Baptist, was among the early followers of Christ. According to tradition, St. Andrew preached throughout Greece and Asia Minor. He was martyred on an X-shaped cross in Achaia, in southern Greece.

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It’s a private Covenant between you and that Deity. My 8 x Great Grandfather was martyred, in the Grassmarket on 9 May 1684, for holding this Belief

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