Maccabean Martyrs

GPTKB entity

Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf group of Jewish martyrs
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Holy Maccabean Martyrs
gptkbp:associatedWith Jewish resistance to Hellenization
gptkbp:casualties seven brothers and their mother
gptkbp:category Jewish martyrs
Old Testament saints
gptkbp:causeOfDeath refusal to eat pork
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church
gptkb:Roman_Catholic_Church
August 1
August 4
August 2
gptkbp:diedIn gptkb:Antiochus_IV_Epiphanes
2nd century BCE
gptkbp:feastDay August 1 (Eastern Orthodox)
August 1 (Lutheran)
August 1 (Roman Catholic)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Maccabean Martyrs
gptkbp:martyrdom gptkb:Jerusalem
gptkbp:mentionedIn gptkb:2_Maccabees
gptkb:4_Maccabees
gptkbp:motherOfMartyrs Hannah (sometimes called by tradition)
gptkbp:symbolizes faithfulness to Jewish law
gptkbp:veneratedIn gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Martyrdom_of_the_seven_brothers
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7