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Martini Ranch Martini Ranch was a band featuring Andrew Todd (Vocals/Guitar) and actor Bill Paxton (Vocals) and Robert O'Hearn (keyboards) [brother of Zappa bass player Patrick O'Hearn]. They released one album "Holy Cow" in 1988.
Martini Shot Martini Shot is a Hollywood term that describes the final take of a scene. According to Dave Knox, author of "Strike the Baby and Kill the Blond" the Martini Shot was so named because "the next shot is out of a glass", referring to a post-wrap drink.
Martini-Henry The Martini-Henry (also known as the Peabody-Martini-Henry) was a breech-loading lever-actuated rifle adopted by the British, combining an action worked on by Friedrich von Martini (based on the Peabody rifle developed by Henry Peabody), with the rifled barrel designed by Scotsman Alexander Henry. It first entered service in 1871 replacing the Snider-Enfield, and variants were used throughout the British Empire for 30 years.
Martiniano Ferreira Botelho Martiniano Ferreira Botelho (1853 - 1939) was a doctor, druggist and Portuguese politician, also Lord of the House of the County of the Ferreira Botelho, where he was born, in the Little Village of Vila Pouca de Aguiar in Portugal.
Martinikerk Martinikerk (Martin's church) is a church in Groningen, The Netherlands. The church and its associated tower (the Martinitoren) are named after Saint Martin of Tours (316 - 397), the patron archbishop of the Utrecht diocese to which Groningen once belonged.
Martinique (singer) Martinique is a French singer from the 1980's and 1990's. Her most important music hit is a very famous cover song of Grace Jones' from "La vie en rose" recorded in 1983, considered as better than the Jones' original.
Martinism Martinism is the mystical tradition started in 18th century France by Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin. After the death of his mentor Martines de Pasqually, he discovered the writings of Jacob Boehme, whom he called his 'second master'.
Martinitoren The Martinitoren (Martini Tower) is the highest church tower in the city of Groningen, The Netherlands. The tower, located at the north-western corner of the Grote Markt (Main Square), is part of the Martinikerk (Martini Church).
MartinLogan MartinLogan is a North American company producing a variety of floor-standing hybrid, wall-mounted and in-wall speakers utilizing electrostatic loudspeaker and Advanced Thin Film loudspeaker technology, as well as and conventional subwoofers.
Martino de Judicibus Martino de Judicibus is enrolled as Genoese in the nominative registers of the participants at the historical naval expedition of Ferdinand Magellan, that is, the Portuguese Fernao d Magalhaes. Those registers are preserved at the Archivo General de las Indias in Seville.
Martins Ferry, Ohio Martins Ferry is a city in Belmont County, Ohio, United States. It is located on the Ohio River, is the largest city in Belmont County, and is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area of the U.
Martins Heron railway station Martins Heron railway station is a railway station in the suburb of Martins Heron, Winkfield on the eastern edge of the town of Bracknell in Berkshire, England. It is situated on the London Waterloo-Reading line, between Ascot and Bracknell.
Martinsburg, West Virginia Martinsburg is a city in Berkeley County, West Virginia, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city population 14,972 (the CBSA, however, had a population of was 43,441) It is the county seat] of [[Berkeley County, West Virginia|Berkeley County.
Martinsville, New Jersey Martinsville is an unincorporated area located within Bridgewater and Bernards townships in Somerset County, New Jersey. Most of Martinsville is located in northeastern Bridgewater near Warren Township; the 08836 ZIP Code takes in the southern extension of Bernards as well.
Martinsyde Buzzard The Martynside F4 Buzzard was developed as a powerful and fast biplane fighter for the RAF, but the end of the WWI led to the abandonment of large-scale production. Less than 400 were eventually produced, with many exported.
Martintelep Martintelep or Martin-Kertváros (in Slovak: Martinská osada) is a residential area of the city of Miskolc, Hungary. Unlike many other districts that are on the outskirts on the city, Martintelep has never been an independent town.
Martinus Fabri Martinus Fabri was a composer, probably either from Flanders or the Netherlands, of the very late Middle Ages and earliest Renaissance. Most of his music was composed around 1400, but nothing is known of his life.
Martinus Rørbye Martinus Christian Wesseltoft Rørbye, (May 19, 1803-March 29, 1848), Danish genre painter, was born in Drammen, Norway to Danish parents Ferdinand Henrik Rørbye and wife Frederikke Eleonore Catherine de Stockfleth. He was one of the central artists in the period of art known as the Golden Age of Danish Painting.
Martinus Thomsen Martinus Thomsen (1890 - 1981) was a Danish dairy worker who at the age of 31 went through a strong mental light experience, in the form of a revelation, but which - according to him - stood under his stir consciousness and intellectual control. This experience involved a permanent change of Martinus' awareness, in the form of a powerful increase in his ability to love, his intelligence and intuition.
Martio Batch Martio Batch, in the Star Wars Expanded Universe was one of the 12 original Imperial Grand Admirals appointed by Emperor Palpatine after the Battle of Yavin. He was nowhere near as well known as Grand Admiral Thrawn, or Grand Admiral Declann, as he preferred keeping a low profile aboard his Imdaar Alpha research station, the better to work on his personal projects; this disinclination for politicking and socalizing led to the doubly accurate nickname of the "Invisible Admiral".
Martita Marta RodrĂ­guez (born 1940), better known as Martita, is a coffee maker who became famous with the Latin American public in the United States and in some Latin American countries, when she was hired in 1998 by Univision to serve daily coffee to her co-workers Raul De Molina and Lily Estefan, during the transmissions of the "El Gordo y La Flaca" television show.
Martlesham Martlesham is a village in Suffolk, England, about two miles South-West of Woodbridge and 6 miles East of Ipswich. It is often referred to as "old Martlesham" by locals in order to distinguish this old village from the much more recent Martlesham Heath development.
Martlesham DX and Contest Group The Martlesham DX & Contest Group was founded off the back of a group of keen UK contesters who wanted to do a serious effort in CQWW contests - WPX and CQWW SSB. Bob Carpenter, G4BAH, started the station with a small collection of equipment and with several others in the team, have now super station to be proud of.
Martnet MartNet is a privately owned Internet Service Provider (ISP) located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its primary business office is in South Philadelphia, and they also maintain a research and development lab in University City, and another office in Northeast Philadelphia.
Marton railway station Marton railway station serves the settlement of Marton, a suburb of Middlesbrough in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Esk Valley Line and is operated by Northern Rail who provide all of the station's passenger services.
Marton, North Yorkshire Marton—officially Marton-in-Cleveland—is a small town that is now within the town boundaries of Middlesbrough, in the borough of Middlesbrough and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. Originally, the parish of Marton extended down to the river Tees; but, with the expansion of Middlesbrough, the parish became progressively smaller.
Martonoš Martonoš (Serbian Cyrillic: Мартонош, Hungarian: Martonos) is a village located in the Kanjiža municipality, in the North Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina.
Martorana Santa Maria dell'Ammiragliato (Saint Mary of the Admiral), also known as La Martorana, is a church in Palermo (Sicily, Italy). The church is annexed to the next-door church of San Cataldo and overlooks the Piazza Bellini in central Palermo.
Martti Koskenniemi Martti Koskenniemi (born 1953) is an international lawyer and a former Finnish diplomat. Currently he is professor of International Law in the University of Helsinki and Director of the Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights.
Martti Lappalainen Martti Lappalainen was a Finnish skier who won the 50 km cross-country skiing event at Holmenkollen ski festival in 1928. As a result of this victory, he became the first non-Norwegian winner of any event run up to that point.
Martti Marttelin Martti B. Marttelin (born June 18, 1897 – died March 1, 1940) was a long-distance runner from Finland, who won the bronze medal in the men's marathon at the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Martti Vainio Martti Sakari Vainio (born December 30 1950 at Vehkalahti) is a Finnish former long distance runner. His achievements in major athletic championships include gold in the 10,000 metres race 1978 European Championships in Athletics in Prague and bronze in the same distance at the 1982 European Championships in Athletics in Athens.
Martti Välikangas Martti Välikangas (born Martti Buddén, August 1, 1893, County of Kuopio - died May 9, 1973, Helsinki) was a Finnish architect renowned for the design of the Käpylä Garden City in Helsinki, designed in the Nordic Classicism style.
Martuni Martuni (Ő„ŐˇÖ€ŐżŐ¸Ö‚Ő¶Ő« in Armenian) is a province of Nagorno-Karabakh. It consists of the branch of Nagorno-Karabakh which juts out of furthest to the east, almost reaches Stepanakert on the west, and goes a little past Karmir Shuka on the south.
Marty (TV series) Marty is a British television sketch comedy series, with Marty Feldman, Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Junkin and Roland MacLeod, which was made in 1968. There was a second series made in 1969, titled "It's Marty".
Marty Balin Marty Balin (born Martyn Jerel Buchwald, January 30 1942, in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American musician. He is best known as the lead singer and founder of Jefferson Airplane, the pioneering psychedelic rock band from San Francisco.
Marty Beckerman Marty Beckerman, born in 1983 to Jewish parents and raised in Anchorage, Alaska, started his career with a weekly humor column for the Anchorage Daily News between 1998 and 2000. His early columns, heavily influenced by Dave Barry, made Beckerman a local celebrity, but his editors fired him twice for offensive interviews: one with Henry Rollins and another with a 13-year-old cheerleader whom Beckerman asked, "How does it feel to be a urine stain on the toilet seat of America?
Marty Burns Marty Burns, former child-star, general wise-ass and sometimes detective, is the fictional creation of Jay Russell. Marty made his debut in the novel Celestial Dogs (1996), working as yet another low-rent, Los Angeles detective.
Marty Casey Martin Xavier "Marty" Casey (born September 26, 1973) is an American rock musician who is the lead singer, primary songwriter and second guitarist of the band Lovehammers. After years of building a strong local following in Chicago, Illinois and the Midwest, Casey achieved international fame on the first season of the hit reality show Rock Star: INXS.
Marty Conlon Marty McBride Conlon (born January 19 1968 in the Bronx, New York) is a professional basketball player whose career in the National Basketball Association lasted from 1992 through 2000. His earliest fame came when he played on the Providence College team that went to the Final Four.
Marty Cordova Martin Kevin "Marty" Cordova [cor-DOH-vuh] (born July 10, 1969 in Las Vegas, Nevada), is a former left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Minnesota Twins (1995-99), Toronto Blue Jays (2000), Cleveland Indians (2001) and Baltimore Orioles (2002-03). He batted and threw right-handed.
Marty Dolin Marty Dolin (born June 15, 1939 in New York City, New York) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1985 to 1988, representing the north-end Winnipeg riding of Kildonan for the New Democratic Party of Manitoba.
Marty Feldman Martin Alan "Marty" Feldman (July 8, 1934 – December 2, 1982) was an English writer, comedian and film and television actor, famous for his bulging eyes, which were the result of a thyroid condition.
Marty Fields Marty Fields, born in Melbourne, Victoria, is an award winning stand up comedian, Host/MC, actor, writer and musician from Melbourne, Australia. The son of Australian comedy legends Maurie Fields and Val Jellay, he has had long running roles on Hey Hey It's Saturday, Blue Heelers, Blankety Blanks and various other television shows.
Marty Foster Martin Robert Foster (born November 25 1963 in Denver, Colorado) is an umpire in Major League Baseball. After first working in the American League in 1996, he joined the league staff in 1999 and has worked throughout both major leagues since 2000.
Marty Gold Martin Gold (born December 26, 1915 in New York, New York) is a composer, pianist, and bandleader. Gold is probably best known for being the composer of the song "Tell Me Why" which was a major hit for The Four Aces in 1951.
Marty Haugen Marty Haugen, (born December 28, 1950 in Wanamingo, Minnesota), is an American composer of liturgical music for both Roman Catholic and Protestant congregations. He is probably the most widely-sung living liturgical composer today.
Marty Hopkirk Marty Hopkirk is the deceased fictional ghost played by English actor Kenneth Cope in the television private detective series Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) from 1969 to early 1970. In the remake of 2000 and 2001 he was played by English actor and comedian Vic Reeves.
Marty Howe Marty Gordon Howe (Born February 18, 1954 in Detroit, Michigan, USA) is a former professional ice hockey defenseman. Howe was drafted in the third round, 51st overall in the 1974 NHL Entry Draft by the Montreal Canadiens.
Marty Chan Marty Chan is an author/playwright who works and lives in Edmonton, Alberta. His works include Something Dead And Evil Lurks In The Cemetery And It's My Dad, The Bone House, Maggie's Last Dance, Mom, Dad - I'm Living with a White Girl, and The Forbidden Phoenix.
Marty Ingels Marty Ingels (born Martin Ingerman on March 9, 1936in Brooklyn, New York]) is best known as the voice of many [[cartoon characters and commercials, including Paul Masson wines, with his scratchy, unique voice. His latest role was in Pac-Man (1982) as the title character himself.
Marty Jannetty Marty Jannetty (born Fredrick Marty Jannetty on February 3, 1962 in Columbus, Georgia) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known as one-half of the tag team The Rockers with Shawn Michaels in the 1980s and early 1990s.
Marty Jones Marty Jones (born September 26, 1945) is a retired English professional wrestler best known for his work in All Star Promotions throughout the 1980s and 90's. Jones was also responsible for training Darren Matthewshad his first taste of championship gold] on [[November 8, 1982 defeated Bobby Gaetano for the vacant World Mid-Heavyweight Championship.
Marty Kaplan Marty Kaplan is Associate Dean for Programs and Planning of the USC Annenberg School for Communication and director of the Norman Lear Center for the study of entertainment. He is on the faculty advisory council of USC Center on Public Diplomacy.
Marty Lyons Marty Lyons (born January 15, 1957) is a former American Football defensive tackle who played his whole eleven year career from 1979 to 1989 with the New York Jets in the National Football League. He was part of the famed New York Sack Exchange, a dominant Jets front four in 1981 and 1982, in which he played inside Joe Klecko.
Marty McFly Martin Seamus "Marty" McFly is a fictional character, the lead character in the Back to the Future motion picture trilogy, played by actor Michael J. Fox in the three films and voiced by David Kaufman in the animated series.
Marty McInnis Marty McInnis (born June 2 1970, in Weymouth, Massachusetts) is a retired American ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for the New York Islanders, Calgary Flames, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and the Boston Bruins. Drafted in the 8th round, 163rd overall by the Islanders in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft, McInnis went on to play nearly 800 regular season games in the NHL, scoring 170 goals and 250 assists for 420 points in a 12 year career.
Marty McManus Martin Joseph McManus (March 14 1900–February 18 1966) was an American infielder in Major League Baseball who played most of his games as a second baseman. In the 1920 season, he was a brief September call up for the St.
Marty McSorley Martin James McSorley (born May 18, 1963) is a former professional hockey player in the National Hockey League (NHL) and former head coach of the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League (2002-2004). He is currently the television color commentator for the San Jose Sharks.
Marty Meehan Martin Thomas "Marty" Meehan (born December 30, 1956) is an American attorney and politician from the state of Massachusetts. A Democrat, Meehan has served in the United States House of Representatives since 1993 as the representative of Massachusetts's fifth congressional district.
Marty Nothstein Martin "Marty" Nothstein (born February 10, 1971 in Allentown, Pennsylvania) is an American professional road bicycle racer and track cyclist. He is a 3-time world champion in track events and an Olympic gold and silver medalist.
Marty O'Donnell (boxer) Marty O'Donnell (born February 5, 1973 in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia) is a retired boxer, who represented Canada at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he was stopped in the first round of the flyweight division (– 51 kg) by Australia's Robert Peden.
Marty Pattin Martin William (Marty) Pattin (born April 6, 1943 in Charleston, Illinois) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1968 through 1980 for the California Angels (1968), Seattle Pilots (1969), Milwaukee Brewers (1970-1971), Boston Red Sox (1972-1973) and Kansas City Royals (1974-1980). Pattin batted and threw right handed.
Marty Phillips Marty Phillips of Crossett, Arkansas, USA is a gospel singer, songwriter, as well as editor of the Jeffress/Phillips Music Company. A composer of many songs, he is most noted for "What A Meeting In The Air".
Marty Puccio Martin Joseph Puccio (born March 1, 1973) (usually called Marty) is an American currently serving a life sentence for murder. In the early morning hours of July 15, 1993, Puccio, along with six others killed Bobby Kent in Weston, Florida.
Marty Reid Marty Reid is an American television sportscaster who currently works for ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN on ABC. Reid is currently the chief television announcer for the Indy Racing League, the Indianapolis 500, as well as a part-time announcer for the NHRA, a job which he shares with Paul Page.
Marty Rimm Martin Rimm gained notoriety in 1995 while an undergraduate at Carnegie-Mellon University. He wrote an article published in The Georgetown Law Journal titled "Marketing Pornography on the Information Superhighway: A Survey of 917,410 Images, Description, Short Stories and Animations Downloaded 8.
Marty Robbins Marty Robbins (September 26 1925 – December 8, 1982) was one of the most popular and successful American country & western singers of his era. For most of his nearly four decade career, Robbins was rarely far from the country music charts.
Marty Roebuck Marty Roebuck, born 10 January 1965, Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia was an Australian Rugby player for New South Wales and Australia, playing at Fullback. He is also a physiotherapist, balancing his time between this and rugby when the game was strictly amateur.
Marty Rubalcaba Martin Terrence (Marty) Rubalcaba is a professional wrestling referee that is currently signed to the World Wrestling Entertainment to referee on the RAW brand as Marty Elias. He was previously a referee for UPW.
Marty Saybrooke Margaret "Marty" Saybrooke Moody Thornhart, originally played by Susan Haskell, is a fictional character on the soap opera One Life To Live. Marty was the scion of one of Llanview's oldest and most prestigious families.
Marty Sertich Marty Sertich (born October 13, 1982 in Roseville, Minnesota) is an ice hockey center currently playing for the American Hockey League's Iowa Stars, an affiliate of the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League.
Marty Servo Mario "Marty" Servo (born in Schenectady, New York November 3, 1919, died in Pueblo, Colorado February 9, 1969) was the former world welterweight boxing champion. Servo began boxing in the mid-1930s.
Marty Sklar Martin A. "Marty" Sklar is The Walt Disney Company's international ambassador for Walt Disney Imagineering, the subsidiary of the company which designs and constructs the Disney theme parks and resorts across the world.
Marty Stuart Marty Stuart is an American country musician, known for both his traditional style, and eclectic mergings of rockabilly, honky tonk, and traditional country music. Infamous for his flamboyantly hedonist party image, he is known for wearing rhinestone-studded "Nudie suits" onstage.
Marty Tripes Marty Tripes (born June 29, 1956 in San Diego, California) was a leading AMA motocross and Supercross rider of the 1970s and early 1980s. He is remembered for winning the Superbowl of Motocross at the Los Angeles Coliseum in July of 1972, just a few weeks after turning 16.
Marty Wright Martin (Marty) Wright (born October 31, 1964) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his professional ring name The Boogeyman. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment on their SmackDown!
Martyn Arbib Sir Martyn Arbib (born 1940) is a British businessman who led the Perpetual fund management company very successfully during the late 20th century, unusually based in Henley-on-Thames, England rather than London.
Martyn Davies Martyn Davies is a British meteorologist who presents the ITV Weather for British station ITV1. He also presents the weather on regional ITV station ITV Meridian and presented a series of short films to support the teaching and learning of weather and meteorology.
Martyn Evans Martyn John Evans (born 27 November 1953), Australian politician, was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1994 to October 2004, representing the Division of Bonython, South Australia. He was born in Birmingham, United Kingdom, and educated at the University of Adelaide.
Martyn Green William Martyn-Green (April 22 1899 – February 8 1975), better known as Martyn Green, was an English actor and singer. He is best known for his work as principal comedian in the Gilbert & Sullivan comic operas, which he performed with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company and other troupes.
Martyn Grimley Martyn Grimley (born on January 24, 1963) is a former field hockey player, who won a gold medal with the British Olympic squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He also has World Cup silver medals for both indoor and outdoor hockey as well as a European Cup silver medal.
Martyn Hart Martyn Hart is the Chairman of the National Outsourcing Association (the association for business and process outsourcing) which he started in 1987 (see he has been involved in Outsourcing and Information & Communications Technology for over 30 years, working for Xansa], [[DTI, PWC, BT, BR and the UK's Home Office; where he delivered what has become Europe's largest outsourced Criminal Justice ICT system.
Martyn Lancaster Martyn Lancaster, born November 10, 1980 in Wigan, England is a midfielder currently playing for American USL Second Division side Wilmington Hammerheads. He joined the Hammerheads in 2006 after one season with Football Conference team Southport F.
Martyn Layzell Martyn Layzell is the worship pastor at St Aldate's church, Oxford, and regular leads worship at various events including Soul Survivor and New Wine, and features on several live albums from those events both as a singer and a songwriter. He has produced 2 studio albums called Turn my Face and Lost in Wonder, the latter winning Christian Booksellers Convention Worship Album of the Year 2004 http://www.
Martyn Lloyd-Jones Dr David Martyn Lloyd-Jones (December 20, 1899 – March 1, 1981) was a Protestant Christian who headed much of the evangelical movement of the 20th century. He stood firm against what he saw as false liberal doctrines that had become a part of the Christian denominations of Wales and England.
Martyn Poliakoff Professor Martyn Poliakoff , FRS, is one of the UKs leading academics to work on gaining insights into fundamental chemistry, and also at developing environmentally acceptable processes and materials. The core themes of his work are supercritical fluids, infra-red spectroscopy and lasers.
Martyn Pushkar Martyn Pushkar (died on June 1,1658)- polkovnyk of Poltava's Cossack regiment known for his loyalty to Muscovy Russia. Together with Iakiv Barabash Pushkar led a pro-Muscovy uprising against hetman Ivan Vyhovsky in 1657.
Martynas Andriuškevičius Martynas Andriuškevičius (pronounced Mahr-teen-us Un-drew-shcke-vihch-ews) (born March 12, 1986 in Kaunas) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. His rights are currently held by the NBA's Chicago Bulls, who recently assigned him to the minor-league Dakota Wizards.
Martyniaceae Martyniaceae is a family of flowering plants in the Lamiales order that are restricted to the New World. The family was included in Pedaliaceae in the Cronquist system (under order Scrophulariales) but is recognized as a separate family by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group on the basis of phylogenetic studies that show that the two families are not closely related.
Martyr of charity A Martyr of charity is a martyr who dies while succoring, (coming to the aid of) someone else in the name of his or her religion. Within catholicism, Popes John XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul II, and Benedict XVI have besides martyrs of the faith, have now begun to declare martyrs of charity.
Martyrdom of Polycarp The Martyrdom of Polycarp is one of the works of the Apostolic Fathers, and as such is one of the very few genuine such writings from the actual age of the persecutions. The work details Polycarp's crucifixion and death at the age of 86 years old, at the hands of the Romans, in the second century AD.
Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik The Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik (also translated as The Passion of Saint Shushanik; Georgian: წამებაჲ წმიდისა შუშანიკისი დედოფლისაჲ, C’amebay C’midisa Shushanikisi Dedop’lisay) is the first extant piece of Georgian literature. Purported to have been written between 476 and 483, the earliest surviving manuscript dates from the 10th century.
Martyrdom video Martyrdom videos are video recordings of terrorists who are about to take part in a suicide attack and expect to die during their intended actions. They typically include a statement by the person preparing to be a martyr for their cause.
Martyred Intellectuals Memorial Martyred Intellectuals Memorial () is a memorial built for the memory of the martyred intellectuals of Bangladesh during the Bangladesh Liberation War. The memorial, located in Mirpur area of DhakaMirpur thana, from Banglapedia.
Martyrologium Hieronymianum The Martyrologium Hieronymianum, the "martyrology of Jerome", was the most widely used and influential of the medieval lists of martyrs. Compiled probably in the late 6th century by anonymous monks in Gaul from calenders or martyrologies originating in Rome, Africa the Christian east and locally, Martyrologium Hieronymianum was the first general or "universal" martyrology, and the ultimate source of all later Western martyrologies.
Martyrology A martyrology is a catalogue or list of martyrs (or, more precisely, of saints), arranged in the calendar order of their anniversaries or feasts. Local martyrologies record exclusively the custom of a particular Church.
Martyrology (Judaism) The Martyrology in Judaism is the story of the deaths of several famous Rabbis (including Rabbi Akiva) by Romans, read both on Yom Kippur and Tisha b'Av. The deaths were very gruesome, including being wrapped in Torah scrolls and then being set aflame.
Martyrology of Usuard Usuard was a Benedictine monk of the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris. He seems to have died about the year 875, and the prologue in which he offers to Charles the Bald his most important work, the "Martyrology", which he had undertaken at that monarch's instigation, was apparently written very shortly before the author's death.
Martyrs of CĂłrdoba The hagiography of the forty-eight Martyrs of CĂłrdoba was developed in Christian Spain, describing in detail their executions for capital violations of Muslim law in al-Andalus. They were the most important new saints in Iberia in the 9th century.

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