martyrology

noun4

1. •
   A liturgical calendar of days for the commemoration of formally recognized saints, usually including some biographical notes.

   • ... we know that Augustine, a monk in the time of Gregory the Great, took with him into England the martyrology of the Roman Church. — 1883
2. •
   Synonym of hagiography, a story of a saint's life and death.
3. •
   (Judaism) Synonym of Eleh Ezkerah, a midrash concerning the Ten Martyrs killed by the Romans, usually read on both Yom Kippur and Tisha B'Av.
4. •
   The study of martyrs and martyrdom; the names and stories of martyrs.

   • It needs further study for what it suggests of the gender dimension to martyrdom and martyrology. — 2016