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| Martyrdom of Saint John Nepomucene |
Heroes are those who die for the truth, for God, who is the truth itself, not those who accomplish feats with a pruritus for human glory. Augustine suggests this term for martyrs because they are heroes.
Father Jose Moran footnote in Obras de San Agustin, Tomo VI-XVII: La Ciudad de Dios, BAC, 1958, 710-711 n.64.
Cf. Saint Augustine, The City of God, Book X, Chapter 21.