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martyrium

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martyrium (pl. martyria).
1. Structure, usually circular or polygonal, built over the tomb of a Christian martyr, so essentially a mausoleum. Hundreds of Christian churches owe their existence to martyria, which took their form from well-established Roman funerary types (exedrae, octagons, rotundas, etc.). The complex martyrium at Hierapolis in Phrygia, Turkey (early C5), had a plan derived from Nero's Golden House, Rome (C1).

2. Place in a church where Relics are deposited.

3. Structure created on a site where witness to the Christian faith was borne.

Bibliography

Colvin (1991);
Cruickshank (ed.) (1996);
Grabar (1972)

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martyrium

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martyrium. A church built over the tomb or relics of a martyr or, occasionally, a church built in honour of a martyr.

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	Das Martyrium des Polykarp. Magazine article from: Church History; 3/1/2000
	Zwischen Widerstand und Martyrium: Die Zeugen Jehovas im "Dritten Reich." Magazine article from: Sociology of Religion; 9/22/1995
	Baptism and Change in the Early Middle Ages, c. 200-c. 1150. Magazine article from: Theological Studies; 12/1/1994