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Thanks for all the answers to my question, and especially thank you, Meg.
It never occurred to me to check Du Cange.
Bernadette
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Subject: Re: [M-R] Martyr
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I believe that Du Cange gives two definitions of martyr;
first, "one who suffers death for Christ and the Christian faith"
second, one who is slain "by brigands or impious men." I actually
for once appear to have a reference for this, Glossarium Mediae et Infimae
Latinitatis 4:291-2.
Even in the middle ages, there was a tendency to apply the term
"martyr" to those who had died violently and (in the eyes of
the writer) unjustly, for example English royalty killed by
their relatives, cf. Rollason, "The Cults of Murdered Royal Saints in
Anglo-Saxon England" in Anglo-Saxon England 11 (1983) 1-22. I believe also
Boris and Gleb fall into this category.
Meg
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