Word: martyrdoms
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...descended from his luxurious retreat at Gardone to Milan, there to witness the Italian premiere of his highly sacrilegious opera, The Martyrdom of San Sebastian. The opera was explicitly barred to Catholics by the authorities at Rome after its French premiere in 1911. What of that? D'Annunzio donned the uniform of a General of the Air Service, caused his valet to obscure his chest with medals, and strode to the performance. With complete assurance he had caused it to be presented at La Scala, the leading theatre in Italy, with a seating capacity of 3,600. Despite...
ANDROCLES AND THE LION?George Bernard Shaw's ribald report of martyrdom among the early Christians...
...play, if you have not read it, is a satire on martyrdom. It is all about Christians being thrown to the lions of the Roman colosseum. It is probably one of the most impudent documents ever composed about Christianity. It is not for churchgoers without a sense of humor. Paid. Whether or not you should steal money which you know you can repay and which in your hands will do the world and yourself great benefit is the problem of this adventure. The answer is, of course...
...probable that the Japanese would soon have forgotten the so-called insult under ordinary circumstances, but this incident will only intensify the opposition. The popular mind will be more impressed by a concrete example of voluntary martyrdom than by countless exhortations as to the sanctity of National honor. It was no vulgar suicide that the patriot committed but the appeal through a recognized ritual to the sentiment of his countrymen. The appeal has not been forgotten, as the removal of his body to a more sacred resting place testifies. No one can deny that the memory of his deed will...
...university; one of the greatest glories of the Middle Age. In philosophy, law, history, medicine and anatomy the list of famous Neapolitans, is long. Remembering Parthenope, the clearest absent vision of her university is the quadrangle where stand the statues of those curious associates, two of whom came through martyrdom and exile to this peace--St. Thomas, Pietro della Vigna, Giordano Bruno. Pietro, Chancellor, of the Emperor Frederick II., and like him a poet, delivered his master's character to the university. Blinded by the Emperor, who trusted to forged letters, the work of onvy, "the harlot...