martyr

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Matfess pointed to how the role of martyr cemented a view of Babbitt for Trump’s followers.

From Salon • Jan. 6, 2026

Archaeologists believe the site began as the burial place of Christian martyr St. Neophytos, said to have been killed by Roman soldiers on the shore of the lake in A.D.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Season 1’s subjects ranged from Francis of Assisi to Moses the Black, a robber turned monk and martyr in the fourth century.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

He’s an unhappy but willing martyr whose heart is slowly breaking the entire time.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

Leave Minerva behind to be a martyr all by herself?

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez