Ten thousand martyrs
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| - | [[Saint Agnes]] [[stab]]bed ([[1637]]) by [[Francesco Cairo]]]] | ||
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| - | A '''martyr''' ([[language|Greek]]: μάρτυς, ''mártys'', "witness"; [[Word stem|stem]] μάρτυρ-, ''mártyr-'') is somebody who suffers [[persecution]] and death for advocating, refusing to renounce, and/or refusing to advocate a belief or cause, usually a religious one. | ||
| - | == Literature == | ||
| - | * ''[[Foxe's Book of Martyrs]]'' (1563), by John Foxe | + | :''[[10,000 martyrs of Mount Ararat (Vittore Carpaccio)]]'' |
| - | * ''[[Tortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs]]'' (1591) by Antonio Gallonio | + | The '''ten thousand martyrs of Mount Ararat''' were, according to a [[medieval]] legend, [[Roman empire|Roman]] soldiers who, led by [[Saint Acacius]], converted to [[Christianity]] and were crucified on [[Mount Ararat]] in [[Armenia]] by order of the Roman emperor. The story is attributed to the ninth century scholar [[Anastasius Bibliothecarius]]. |
| - | * ''[[Martyrs Mirror]]'' (1660), by Thieleman J. van Braght, with 104 copper etchings by [[Jan Luyken]] | + | |
| - | ==Art== | + | Despite its questionable veracity, the event was extremely popular in [[Renaissance]] art, as seen for example in the painting ''[[10,000 martyrs of Mount Ararat]]'' by the [[Venice|Venetian]] artist [[Vittore Carpaccio]], or in the ''[[Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand]]'' by the German artist [[Albrecht Dürer]]. |
| - | :''[[art horror]]'' | + | |
| - | *[[Jan Luyken]]'s copper engravings | + | |
| - | *[[The Death of St Agnes]] (1635), an oil on canvas by Francesco Cairo | + | |
| - | *[[The Christian Martyrs' Last Prayer]] (1883), a painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme | + | |
| - | ==See also== | + | |
| - | * [[Ad leones]] | + | |
| - | * [[Acts of the Martyrs]] | + | |
| - | * [[Christian martyrs]] | + | |
| - | * [[Martyr complex]] | + | |
| - | * ''[[Martyrs Mirror]]'' | + | |
| - | * [[Martyrology]] | + | |
| - | * [[Perpetua and Felicity]] | + | |
| - | * [[Religious persecution]] | + | |
| - | * [[Religious views on suicide]] | + | |
| - | *[[Ten thousand martyrs]] | + | |
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The ten thousand martyrs of Mount Ararat were, according to a medieval legend, Roman soldiers who, led by Saint Acacius, converted to Christianity and were crucified on Mount Ararat in Armenia by order of the Roman emperor. The story is attributed to the ninth century scholar Anastasius Bibliothecarius.
Despite its questionable veracity, the event was extremely popular in Renaissance art, as seen for example in the painting 10,000 martyrs of Mount Ararat by the Venetian artist Vittore Carpaccio, or in the Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand by the German artist Albrecht Dürer.
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