A martyrium (Latin) or martyrion (Greek) (pl.: martyria), sometimes anglicized martyry (pl.: "martyries"), is a church or shrine built over the tomb of...

old theory by Ejnar Dyggve that these were the architectural intermediary between the Christian martyrium and the classical heröon is no longer credited...

Gordiani. A martyrium was a building erected on a spot with particular significance, often over the burial of a martyr. No particular architectural form was...

so-called Tempietto (lit. 'small temple') is a small commemorative tomb (martyrium) designed by Donato Bramante, possibly built as early as 1502 in the courtyard...

of the Holy Sepulchre. The building followed the design of a Byzantine martyrium. It consists of an octagonal structure, inside of which is another octagon...

Apostles, such as St. Ambrose's Church of the Apostles in Milan, the martyrium of St. Babylas in Antioch, and the Church of Saint Simeon Stylites in...

Facilities (Place of worship) Church Basilica Cathedral Duomo Chapel Oratory Martyrium Imambargah Monastery Mithraeum Shrine Synagogue Temple Pagoda Gurdwara...

which includes in its courtyard the Tempietto, a small commemorative martyrium ('martyry') built by Donato Bramante. The Church of San Pietro in Montorio...

like Geoffrey of Monmouth and Giraldus Cambrensis. Gildas implied that a martyrium dedicated to Julius and Aaron was present by the sixth century, and a...

rock, sufficiently high and wide to permit the admission of a corpse Martyrium – Mausoleum for the remains of martyrs, such as San Pietro in Montorio...

Pilate ("Santo Giardino", 13th century) Church of the Trinity or of the Martyrium (13th century) Chapel of the Bandage ("Cappella della Benda") dedicated...

Christian apostle Philip spent the last years of his life here. The town's Martyrium was alleged to have been built upon the spot where Philip was crucified...

Piè di Chianti, Marche. The ambulatory housed the pilgrims to pray the Martyrium, the place where the Saint's relic are placed. The aisles and the ambulatory...

Bulgar heathen temple. According to the Shumen architectural museum's research, an early Christian martyrium that included a cross-shaped church and a holy...

accompanied by a baptistery and a skeuophylakion. A hypogeum, perhaps with an martyrium above it, was discovered before 1946, and the remnants of a brick wall...

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mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as a companion of Paul the Apostle. The Martyrium romanum identifies him as the disciple of Paul, but the identification...

inside wall, and traces of paintings, the building was probably used as a martyrium for an apostle, church or baptistry in late antiquity. By the time of...

Revolution. According to the earliest biography of Saint Ignatius Loyola, the martyrium of Montmartre Abbey was the location where the vows were taken that led...

Fulrad, Abbot of Saint-Denis Early Gothic architecture Gothic cathedrals and churches Cathedral diagram Martyrium of Saint Denis, Montmartre List of Gothic...

based on its form, the building may originally have been a Christian martyrium. It was half-destroyed by the Huns in 447 and was rebuilt in the 11th...

Illuminator built a martyrium at the location of her martyrdom as an act of remorse. It is, thus, one of the earliest Christian martyriums. It is believed...

John 9:6–11 Dave Winter, Israel handbook, (1999), p. 180. André Grabar, Martyrium, (1946), volume 1, p. 193. E. Wiegand, The Theodosian Monastery, (1929)...

it is known as 'Candlemas'. The Old Kathisma was built as an octagonal martyrium. It has been noticed that the significant 5th-century octagonal churches...

civilization. Where all of the knowledge of mathematics, science and architecture came from. There is a lot to say about it all and it really was a lot...

founded in 639, its bell tower erected in the 11th century and the adjacent Martyrium of Santa Fosca built around the 1100, notable for the mosaics. They saw...

churches and sanctuaries dedicated to the Virgin Mary were related to the martyrium over her tomb, her assumption into heaven, and her status as Queen of...

mortuary symbolism of the dome led it to be used in Christian central-type martyriums in the Syrian area, the growing popularity of which spread the form. The...

planning of High Renaissance churches as much as they do a Greco-Roman martyrium. White marble sculptures of the king and queen in ecstatic attitudes were...

empire to Hellenism. He had the body of Saint Babylas removed from the martyrium near the temple of Apollo at Daphne, because he thought that it had silenced...