Are you dead? Did you die for your Faith? If you've said yes to either of these questions you just might be a martyr.
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A martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce a belief, usually religious. Some modern martyrs are Saint Elizabeth of Russia and Martin Luther King Jr.
To be martyred or to become a martyr. To martyr would refer to the person doing the killing.
An inclination to become a martyr. An inclination to become a martyr.
St. Augustine of Hippo died of natural causes and was not a martyr.
Most martyrs are saints.
Because she was a Martyr for Christ.
Sebastian died the death of a martyr.
He was stoned to death for preaching about Our Lord.
Alban was the first martyr of Britain. He suffered in the persecution under Diocletian - probably in the year A.D. 303.
A martyr is someone who is willing to die instead of renounce their beliefs, or who will go through great suffering to further their beliefs. Here are some sentences.Joan of Arc is considered a martyr.He was a martyr to his arthritis.I don't think I could have become a religious martyr.
A martyr, beheaded by Herod. Matthew 14:1-10.
He was assassinated in March 1980 while celebrating Mass.
Peter was crucified on February 5, 1597, at Nagasaki, Japan. He was a martyr.