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

He has not only been exculpated from the charge of Atheism, but even panegyrized as a saint and martyr!

From Modern Atheism under its forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws by Buchanan, James

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

From The Far Horizon by Malet, Lucas

Here was a man of the pattern of the old-time saint and martyr, if ever there was one, he thought.

From In the Whirl of the Rising by Mitford, Bertram

The general council of Chalcedon declared him a saint and martyr, and paid great honors to his memory, in 451.

From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban