"But he will at once be endued with a crown of martyrdom.

We must not force the crown of martyrdom.

On the way an unknown person joined him, professed himself a Christian, and also received the crown of martyrdom.

Eventually they were beheaded and thus took the imperishable crown of martyrdom.

Thus Irene and her family and neighbors received the crown of martyrdom.

His life ended with the crown of martyrdom."

Christ holds the seven seals in his left hand and with his right, offers the crown of martyrdom.

There, he was tortured until he delivered up his pure soul and received the crown of martyrdom.

After lengthy torture, they were all thrown into a fiery furnace and so received the crown of martyrdom.

Julietta did not weep but celebrated the fact that her son had earned the crown of martyrdom.

Now, after he had won the crown of martyrdom (though with no longer a head to wear it on), the point might be looked upon as settled.

Thus St. Raphael received the crown of martyrdom.

The hope that there he might find the coveted crown of martyrdom contributed not a little to sharpening the edge of his desire.

While the Tartars intended to bring death to these Dominicans, they actually brought them great gifts - crowns of martyrdom.

Irish saints had to forgo the bloody "crown of martyrdom" until the Viking invasions at the end of the 8th century.

Traditionally, Stephen is invested with a crown of martyrdom; he is often depicted in art with three stones and the martyr's palm.

It gives heartrending expression to the spiritual strivings of a nation whose brow is resplendent with the thorny crown of martyrdom.

They were called the "Four Crowned Martyrs" because their names were unknown ("crown" referring to the crown of martyrdom).

When they arrived, the soldiers unfastened their belts, and cast them before the governor, then confessed the Lord Christ and they received the crown of martyrdom.

He received the crown of martyrdom after he refused the Saracens' demand that he renounce Christ and become a Moslem.

Works that depicted violence, such as those by Jusepe de Ribera, feature an artful technique and harmonious composition which anticipate the "crown of martyrdom" for the victim.

At a Spanish council held at the turn of the 3rd and 4th centuries the bishops denied the crown of martyrdom to those who died whilst attacking pagan temples.

Spending our lives in so worthy a cause, we shall surely not linger long in Purgatory, and it may be that we shall even be accorded the crown of martyrdom."

William completed the east end of the Trinity chapel with a tall polygonal chapel, the corona, whose unique design was intended to evoke the 'crown of martyrdom' which Becket had won.

I have now no doubt that there will be enthusiasm to-night, and that the author, who has been thirsting for the crown of martyrdom, will be called before the curtain for the third night running.

When I do not return, they will no doubt give me a martyr's crown.

Also, I do not suppose that anybody is expected, as it were, to run his head into the martyr's crown.

There is absolutely no room for doubt that she won the martyr's crown at Rouen.

He preferred to accept a martyr's crown rather than submit to the Catholics.

The school crest depicts the martyr's crown and palm leaves.

He is shown on the mosaic of the basilica with a martyr's crown in his hand.

They tortured him cruelly, and he received a martyr's crown for Christ in the year 251.

I believe you are destined for a martyr's crown."

I see the martyr's crown hovering above you."

"Fidelio" is a result of a composer's obsession with a creative problem child ("This opera will win for me a martyr's crown").

A martyr's crown of nails fastens strands of shiny Mylar to its head.

The martyr's crown was hanging above me, so to speak, and now it has vanished into the pit, like that man whom Bickley murdered."

"The prince should feel honored and humbly grateful if called to a martyr's crown," Paulin replied coldly.

In North Africa a Christian militancy developed, and the supreme ambition was to be granted a martyr's crown.

The badge is a martyr's crown on a field of martyr's red, within a five-pointed star, edged with Cambridge blue.

Saint Mary the Younger gained her martyr's crown as the stoical victim of spousal abuse, and she had a popular following.

The Christian character of the scene is shown by the chi-rho chrisma, the alpha and omega, and the martyr's crown.

"It is better to shed one's blood and to be awarded martyr's crown than to let the enemies desecrate Orthodox faith," said the Appeal.

The martyr's crown device is used frequently in the internal fittings and decoration, reflecting Bishop Hannington's martyrdom.

There must be no obstacle to the formal challenge being met and Halliday heroically dispatched: Ferris planned to inherit a martyr's crown.

In a letter to Treitschke he said, "I assure you, dear Treitschke, that this opera will win me a martyr's crown.

But hundreds of others, priests and laymen, Europeans and Japanese in holy emulation reached the martyr's crown through the terrible "Pit".

T Delanty was there, and sweet Lukas Miklos and his wife, who received a martyr's crown for enduring the guillotine.

You, Mr. Shaw, have succeeded in winning the affection and joyous admiration of the world while pursuing a path that has led many others to a martyr's crown.

Rayford kept shouting and clapping as his daughter, son-in-law, and spiritual adviser received their well-done, their embrace, and their martyr's crown.