Only three Christian martyrs are described as Byzantine soldiers, but all were honored as warrior saints who lived during ...

He practices what he preached in his first word from the Cross. The first Christian martyr, St. Stephen, would pray as he was being stoned, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them” (Acts 7:60). The ...

It is something of a shock to discover that since classical antiquity, men and women of African descent have been a constant presence in European works of art. Just as startling, black people have ...

San Lorenzo Ruiz from Manila and San Pedro Calungsod from the Visayas region are the only two Filipino-born saints recognized ...

Map on p. 2 of cover. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!740758~!0#focus ...