MISSIONARY SAINTS OF THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES: MARTYRDOM, POPULAR VENERATION, AND CANONIZATION

From: The Catholic Historical Review | Date: January 1, 2004| Author: Ryan, James D | Copyright information

At the beginning of the thirteenth century, as missionaries were again leaving Europe in the hope of creating a Christian world, the idea of martyrdom cast a powerful spell. The church calendar still gave primary place to holy martyrs, who had accepted gruesome torture and death rather than renounce their faith in Christ and His promise of eternal happiness. Liturgical services commemorated their glorious sacrifices, and their cults made them objects of particular devotion. Many of the mendic...

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