Martyrology

A book, sometimes called a passionale, containing narrative readings on the lives and martyrdoms of the saints, to be read in the Divine Office at the canonical hour of prime.

A book, sometimes called a passionale, containing narrative readings on the lives and martyrdoms of the saints, to be read in the Divine Office at the canonical hour of prime. The contents of a martyrology are arranged according to the Sanctorale of the liturgical year.

  • Armenian:
    վկայաբանութիւն
  • French:
    martyrologe
  • Italian:
    martirologio
  • Latin:
    martyrologium
  • Portuguese:
    martirologia
  • Spanish:
    martirología

Michelle Brown, Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts (Malibu, CA: J. Paul Getty Museum in association with the British Library, c1994).