Roman Catholic martyr
C14992
concept
A Roman Catholic martyr is a person who is killed or suffers death rather than renounce their Roman Catholic faith or its moral teachings, and is venerated by the Church as a witness to Christ.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Catholic martyr | 10 |
| Roman Catholic martyr canonical | 5 |
| Catholic martyrs | 1 |
| Christian martyr figure | 1 |
| Polish Roman Catholic martyr | 1 |
| Roman Catholic martyrs | 1 |
| martyr of the Diocletianic Persecution | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: Roman Catholic martyr
Generated description
A Roman Catholic martyr is a person who is killed or suffers death rather than renounce their Roman Catholic faith or its moral teachings, and is venerated by the Church as a witness to Christ.
Instances (20)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Franz Jägerstätter | Catholic martyr |
| Saint Sebastian | martyr of the Diocletianic Persecution |
| Thomas More | Catholic martyr |
|
Southworth
surface form:
John Southworth
|
Catholic martyr |
| Ferdinand the Holy Prince | Christian martyr figure |
| Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel | Catholic martyr |
| Martyrs of Otranto | Catholic martyrs |
| Jean de Lalande | — |
| North American Martyrs | Roman Catholic martyrs |
| Gabriel Lalemant | Catholic martyr |
| Charles Garnier | — |
| René Goupil | Catholic martyr |
| Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury | Catholic martyr |
| Antoine Daniel | — |
| Edmund Campion | Catholic martyr |
| Alojzije Stepinac | Catholic martyr |
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Józef Kowalski (Polish priest and martyr)
surface form:
Józef Kowalski
|
Polish Roman Catholic martyr |
| Hermenegild | Catholic martyr |
| Joan of Arc | — |
| St. René Goupil | — |