“Sad is the day when there is no man willing to be a martyr for what he believes to be right.”

“If a suspected patient possesses sufficient fortitude to support a rigorous trial, the medical officer who directed it will be regarded with indignation, while the patient is considered a martyr by his comrades.”

“There was no doubt Storrs was a true martyr for the cause and a committed proponent.”

“Paleographic and codicological evidence reveals that the original text of the martyrology was written in Spain in the mid-twelfth century.”

“This is an indication of how nineteenth-century nationalist martyrology diffused throughout Ireland and was integrated into local tradition.”

“Each group maintained a dignified silence as the marchers passed on their pilgrimage to uphold Republican martyrology.”

“Driven by a death wish and using the most revolting tactics, these heartless nihilists demand martyrdom.”

“He argued that moral force would win the day, drawing on the Shi'ite themes of martyrdom and self-sacrifice.”

“The two elder sons of the Guru courted martyrdom fighting in action for us.”

“The Romanesque church dating from the 12th C. boasts a rose martyry as well as beautiful naive paintings.”

“To support the vaulting of this ambulatory a new wall was built round the martyrium.”

“Two great piers were inserted in the martyrium to support the raised choir.”

“This was intended to make the martyrium, as the depository of the treasure and the Veil, safe from all accidents.”

“A notable exception to this rule was the English Protestant martyrologist John Foxe.”

“From Skelton to Fox the martyrologist, every man had some motive for throwing a stone at him.”

“Roger Hieron was a schoolmaster who was convinced by the martyrologist John Foxe to leave teaching and become a clergyman.”

“With baptistries and mausolea, their often smaller size and different function made martyria suitable for architectural experimentation.”

“The persecutions and martyrdoms seemed to have solidified the believers' faith.”

“Reports of martyrdoms steeled resistance to persecution and were the source of encouragement to persevere.”

“The missionary Jesuit order developed a speciality in clinical depictions of torturous martyrdoms.”

“I believe similar blood flows in the veins of men and women such as flowed in the veins of the martyrs in days gone by.”

“Religion is pictured as old-fashioned, atavistic and dogmatic, defending superstition by burning scientific martyrs at the stake.”

“Norman Fowler, chairman of the Conservative Party, claimed that withdrawing the whip was a bad move because it made the rebels into martyrs.”