martyrium
Sign in to savethumb|330px|The largely 5th-century interior of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio|Santo Stefano Rotondo in Rome A martyrium (Latin) or martyrion (Greek) (: martyria), sometimes anglicized martyry (: "martyries"), is a church or shrine built over the tomb of a Christian martyr. It is associated with a specific architectural form, centered on a central element and thus built on a central plan, that is, of a circular or sometimes octagonal or cruciform shape.
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thumb|330px|The largely 5th-century interior of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio|Santo Stefano Rotondo in Rome A martyrium (Latin) or martyrion (Greek) (: martyria), sometimes anglicized martyry (: "martyries"), is a church or shrine built over the tomb of a Christian martyr. It is associated with a specific architectural form, centered on a central element and thus built on a central plan, that is, of a circular or sometimes octagonal or cruciform shape.
==Etymology== The origin of the name of the Christian martyrium is as follows: Ancient Greek martys, "witness", to martyrion, "testimony", to Late and Ecclesiastical Latin martyrium.