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Manuel_Domínguez_Sánchez_-_El_suicidio_de_Séneca.jpg
Painting of the suicide of Roman philosopher Seneca. Painted by Manuel Domínguez Sánchez in 1871. The painting is held at the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid, Spain.

Martrydom of St Catherine.jpg
The martyrdom of St Catherine who kneels facing left, the Emperor Maxentius is in the upper right and an angel with a sword and a cross occurs in the upper left. Description from: The British Museum,…

American_Army_chaplains_inspecting_the_ruins_of_the_Roman_arena_8d32416v.jpg
"Carthage, Tunisia. American Army chaplains inspecting the ruins of the Roman arena where Christian martyrs were thrown to the lions. The altar later erected on the site had been used as a bivouac by German troops"

American_Army_chaplains_inspecting_the_ruins_of_the_Roman_arena_8d32417v.jpg
Photograph of American Army Chaplains inspecting the ruins of a Roman arena where Christian martyrs were thrown to lions.

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Carthage amphitheatre, Carthage, Tunisia.

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Church martyrs, with in the foreground Sts Felicitas and Perpetua and two other martyrs exposed to lions in an arena; beyond, at left, martyrdom of Sts Victor and Zephyrinus, at centre a female martyr having boiling liquid poured over her head, at…

Perpetua.jpg
Mosaic artwork of St. Perpetual.

The_Christian_Martyrs_Last_Prayer.jpg
A painting by Jean-Leon Gerome painted sometime between 1863 and 1883

Latin edition of the Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas published in the Patrologia Latina, 1844. Google Books entry for the PL volume; PDF download.
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