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The Virgin Martyr is a Jacobean era stage play, a tragedy written by Thomas Dekker and Philip Massinger, and first published in 1622. It constitutes a rare instance in Massinger's canon in which he collaborated with a member of the previous generation of English Renaissance dramatists – those who began their careers in the 1590s, the ...
Mar 22, 2024 · St. Lucy (died 304, Syracuse, Sicily; feast day December 13) was a virgin and martyr who was one of the earliest Christian saints to achieve popularity, having a widespread following before the 5th century. She is the patron saint of the city of Syracuse (Sicily) and of virgins.
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Jan 20, 2017 · These Virgin Martyrs illuminate the darkness of a disordered culture that has forgotten the importance and the meaning of purity. May their zeal be a reminder that purity is a treasure to be guarded and protected.
Agnes of Rome (c. 291 – c. 304) is a virgin martyr, venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, Oriental Orthodox Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church, as well as the Anglican Communion and Lutheran Churches.
- 21 January; before Pope John XXIII revised the calendar, there was a second feast on January 28
In its portrayal of the steadfast suffering and unremitting faith of the Roman Empire’s Christians, The Virgin Martyr contains some of the most beautiful verse of the Elizabethan era; at the same time, it contains two of the most vulgar characters ever presented on stage, Hircius and Spungius, the servants of the play’s heroine: one is a sex-add...
Mar 25, 2024 · St. Margaret of Antioch (flourished 3rd or 4th century, Antioch, Syria; Eastern feast day July 13; Western feast day July 20) was a virgin martyr and one of the 14 Holy Helpers (a group of saints jointly commemorated on August 8), who was one of the most venerated saints during the Middle Ages.
Margaret the Virgin. Margaret, known as Margaret of Antioch in the West, and as Saint Marina the Great Martyr ( Greek: Ἁγία Μαρίνα) in the East, is celebrated as a saint on 20 July in Western Christianity, on 30th of July ( Julian calendar) by the Eastern Orthodox Church, and on Epip 23 and Hathor 23 in the Coptic Orthodox Church .
