martyrology

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) The study of martyrs and martyrdom; the names and stories of martyrs, particularly
 * 2) * 21 March 2016, Janet L. Nelson, "The Franks, the Martyrology of Usuard, and the Martyrs of Cordoba", Studies in Church History, Vol. 30: Martyrs and Martyrologies, pp. 67–80:
 * It needs further study for what it suggests of the gender dimension to martyrdom and martyrology.
 * 1)  A liturgical calendar of days for the commemoration of formally recognized saints, usually including some biographical notes.
 * 2) * 1883, Alessio Aurelio Pelliccia, The Polity of the Christian Church..., p. 311:
 * ... we know that, a monk in the time of , took with him into England the martyrology of the Roman Church.
 * , a story of a saint's life and death.
 * , a midrash concerning the killed by the Romans, usually read on both Yom Kippur and Tisha B'Av.

Usage notes
The typical Roman Catholic usage is inclusive of all saints and covers confessors, virgins, and other canonized people in addition to martyrs.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Catalan: martirologi
 * Dutch: martyrologie, martyrologium
 * Finnish: martyrologia, synaksarion
 * French:
 * Georgian: მარტვილოლოგია
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian: martirologio
 * Latin: martyrologium
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: martirológio
 * Romanian: martirologie
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: martirologio