saint and martyr

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All photograph: David Levene To some, he is verging on a saint and martyr, singlehandedly standing against the forces of Chinese political repression.

From The Guardian • May 30, 2013

Don Fernand is to this day esteemed as a saint and martyr in Portugal, and his memory is commemorated on the fifth of June.

From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de

Dear saint and martyr, she is safe from all misreading at last.

From The Far Horizon by Malet, Lucas

And the metaphorical style of the Hebrews might ascribe to a saint and martyr the adoptive title of Son of God.

From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 by Milman, Henry Hart

This theory, like the shallow sentimentalism which made an innocent saint and martyr of Mary Stuart, has never recovered from the crushing onslaught of Froude.

From The Life of Froude by Paul, Herbert W. (Herbert Woodfield)