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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Anyone pleased with this turn of events will also be grateful for this new volume from John Thiede, S.J., which highlights one particular group of holy women and men in the church: martyrs.