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• The Ten Thousand Martyrs —     The Ten Thousand Martyrs     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Ten Thousand Martyrs     On two days is a group of ten thousand martyrs mentioned in the Roman Martyrology. On 18 March: At Nicomedia ten thousand holy martyrs who were put to the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand — Artist Albrecht Dürer Year 1508 Type Oil on panel transferred to canvas Dimensions 99 cm × 87 cm (39 in × 34 in) …   Wikipedia

• Ten thousand martyrs — 10,000 martyrs of Mount Ararat by Vittore Carpaccio. The ten thousand martyrs of Mount Ararat were, according to a medieval legend, Roman soldiers who, led by Saint Acacius, converted to Christianity and were crucified on Mount Ararat in Armenia… …   Wikipedia

• Ten Thousand Martyrs, The — • On two days is a group of ten thousand martyrs mentioned in the Roman Martyrology Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

• St. Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Virgins —     St. Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Virgins     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Virgins     The history of these celebrated virgins of Cologne rests on ten lines, and these are open to question. This legend, with… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Martyrs in China — • With the revival of the missions in China with Matteo Ricci, who died at Peking in 1610, the blood of martyrs was soon shed to fertilize the evangelical field; the change of the Ming dynasty to the Manchu dynasty, giving occasion for new… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Ten Martyrs — The Ten Martyrs (Aseret Harugei Malchut עשרת הרוגי מלכות) refers to a group of ten rabbis living during the era of the Mishnah who were martyred by the Romans in the period after the destruction of the second Temple. Although all ten could not… …   Wikipedia

• The Irish (in Countries Other Than Ireland) —     The Irish (in countries other than Ireland)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Irish (in countries other than Ireland)     I. IN THE UNITED STATES     Who were the first Irish to land on the American continent and the time of their arrival are …   Catholic encyclopedia

• The Bollandists —     The Bollandists     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Bollandists     An association of ecclesiastical scholars engaged in editing the Acta Sanctorum. This work is a great hagiographical collection begun during the first years of the seventeenth… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist —     The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist     In this article we shall consider:     ♦ the fact of the Real Presence, which is, indeed, the central dogma;     ♦ the …   Catholic encyclopedia