“The martyrdom of St. John the Baptist reminds us, Christians of our time, that we cannot stoop to compromises with the love of Christ, his word, the Truth. The truth is the truth, and there is ...

San Silvestro in Capite, a Catholic basilica in Rome, claims to hold the top part of John the Baptist's skull—minus his jaw. The church became home to relics of saints and martyrs from the Roman ...

Elevated to a minor basilica by Pope John Paul II in 1993, this sacred Ugandan landmark has become a global pilgrimage ...

It is impossible to imagine the terror that surely struck the heart of John the Baptist as the executioner approached his prison cell. The executioner would have been ...

The passage on the Neronian martyrs was assigned to be read on June 24, the feast of the Nativity of John the Baptist. “Pagan historians, themselves enemies of the Christian name, are witnesses ...

The total value of an artist’s artworks sold at auction over a specific period. This metric reflects the artist’s overall market activity and demand in monetary terms. The middle value of all realized ...

Treasures from site of John the Baptist’s martyrdom brought to new light through MSU’s Cobb Institute of Archaeology ...

In The Beheading of St John the Baptist the balance probably favours degradation. The spouting chicken-victim isn't much redeemed by the formal patterns. But the general case of martyrdom suggests ...

This broad group ranges from the martyrs of the 1901 Jeju massacre ... The second group, Servant of God John Baptist Yi Byeok and his 132 companions, were all lay people killed for their faith ...

few of the faithful have recourse to the help of such a lamp of grace as the precious head of St. John the Baptist, “the first among martyrs in grace”.[2] Many Orthodox Christians come to France, but ...