James the Lesser was thrown from a pinnacle of the Temple, then stoned and beaten with clubs.
James the Greater was stabbed to death with a sword by King Herod.
Yes, St. George was a martyr. He was tortured and beheaded about the year 304.
Joseph was not a martyr. He died of natural causes, probably old age.
Anti slavery abolitionist John Brown did not spark the US Civil War. He did become a martyr for the cause to end slavery in that he was executed a few months after his attack on the Federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
The brave soldier martyred on his country's independence day. He must have had a martyr complex.
Putilov was a machine building factory in St. Petersburg, Russia. Strikes at this plant in February of 1917 initiated what would become the February Revolution.
James accepted Our Lord's invitation to become an apostle. He preached the Gospel and he died the death of a martyr which meant automatic sainthood to the early Christian community.
St. Augustine of Hippo died of natural causes and was not a martyr.
He was stoned to death for preaching about Our Lord.
To be martyred or to become a martyr. To martyr would refer to the person doing the killing.
Sisters of St Francis of the Martyr St George was created in 1869.
St George the Martyr Holborn was created in 1706.
St George the Martyr Southwark was created in 1736.
No. St. Anthony of Padua was not a martyr. He died of natural causes.
Saint Patrick died of natural causes, probably complications of old age. He was not a martyr.
Tradition says that St. Peter was crucified upside down in Rome about the year 64-65 AD.
George died as a martyr and to the early Christian community that was all that was needed for sainthood.
An inclination to become a martyr. An inclination to become a martyr.