Containing legends of the patron saints and virgin patronesses, the Greek and Latin martyrs, the early bishops, the hermits, and the warrior saints of ChristendomLongman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1848 |
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... fell upon her , and the monarch , in his despair , offered all his gold and treasures , and even the half of his kingdom , to redeem her ; but the people murmured , saying , " Is this just , O King ! that thou , by thine own edict ...
... fell upon her , and the monarch , in his despair , offered all his gold and treasures , and even the half of his kingdom , to redeem her ; but the people murmured , saying , " Is this just , O King ! that thou , by thine own edict ...
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... fell at her father's feet and asked his blessing , saying that she was ready to die for her people and then , amid tears and lamentations , she was put forth , and the gates shut against her . Slowly she walked towards the dwelling of ...
... fell at her father's feet and asked his blessing , saying that she was ready to die for her people and then , amid tears and lamentations , she was put forth , and the gates shut against her . Slowly she walked towards the dwelling of ...
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... fell at the feet of the saint , and declared himself a Christian . Immediately the wicked judge caused the enchanter to be beheaded ; and St. George was bound upon a wheel full of sharp blades ; but the wheel was broken by two angels ...
... fell at the feet of the saint , and declared himself a Christian . Immediately the wicked judge caused the enchanter to be beheaded ; and St. George was bound upon a wheel full of sharp blades ; but the wheel was broken by two angels ...
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... fell in those houses . The disease spread for a length of time , until it was announced to a holy man that there would be an end of the calamity , if , in the church of S. Peter ad Vincula , an altar should be consecrated to Sebastian ...
... fell in those houses . The disease spread for a length of time , until it was announced to a holy man that there would be an end of the calamity , if , in the church of S. Peter ad Vincula , an altar should be consecrated to Sebastian ...
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... fell on those who threw them , and many were killed . So the proconsul , believing that they were enchanters , commanded that they should be beheaded , which was done . " This Oriental legend , which is of great antiquity , was ...
... fell on those who threw them , and many were killed . So the proconsul , believing that they were enchanters , commanded that they should be beheaded , which was done . " This Oriental legend , which is of great antiquity , was ...
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14th century Agatha Agnes altar altar-piece ancient angels Apollonia appears apsis arrow attribute baptized Barbara bearing beautiful beheaded bishop Bologna Catherine Cecilia century chapel Christ Christian church of St crown deacon death dedicated demons devotional pictures Diocletian Domenichino dragon dress effigies Emperor executioners expression faith famous father feet figure Florence frescoes glory Greek hand Hans Hemling head heaven hermit Hippolytus holding holy honour Ital Justina Justina of Padua King kneeling Laurence legend looking Lorenzo Costa Louvre Lucia Madonna maidens martyr martyrdom Martyrdom of St Maximian Milan miracle mosaic mother Nicholas noble pagan painted painters palm patron saint Paul Paul Veronese persecution Peter Pope prayer prefect princess Ravenna relics represented robe Roman Rome Santa scene Sebastian seen sent side Siena stands Stephen story suffered sword Sylvester Theban legion Thecla thee thou throne Titian tortured Ursula veneration Venetian Venice Virgin wears wheel
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Страница 379 - These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins; these are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the first-fruits unto God and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile'; for they are without fault before the throne of God.
Страница 345 - Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of Hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
Страница 46 - I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Страница 152 - But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing on the right hand of God...
Страница 248 - And I entreat thee also, true yoke-fellow, help those women Which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellow-labourers, whose names are in the book of life.
Страница 152 - Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen ; and they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
Страница 281 - ... he was restored to sight ; which miracle, being performed before all the multitude who accompanied the procession, admitted of no doubt, and raised the popular enthusiasm to its height. St. Ambrose gave thanks to God for his mercy, and laid the bones of the martyrs beneath the altar, saying, ' Let the victims be borne in triumph to the place where Christ is the sacrifice : he upon the altar, who suffered for all ; they beneath the altar, who were redeemed by his suffering...
Страница 189 - And Dorothea but hereafter named, You will rise up with reverence, and no more, As things unworthy of your thoughts, remember What the canonized Spartan ladies were, Which lying Greece so boasts of. Your own matrons, Your Roman dames, whose figures you yet keep As holy relicks, in her history Will find a second urn : Gracchus...
Страница 172 - Then the people set fire to the pile; though the flame was exceeding large, it did not touch her; for God took compassion on her, and caused a great eruption from the earth beneath, and a cloud from above to pour down great quantities of rain and hail; 16 Insomuch that by the rupture of the earth, very many were in great danger, and some were killed, the fire was extinguished, and Thecla preserved.
Страница 20 - Caesar, I have ever prayed, in the name of Jesus Christ, for thy prosperity, and have been true to thy service; but as for the gods whom thou wouldat have me worship, they are devils, or, at best, idols of wood and stone.