Cephalophore

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A cephalophore (from the Greek for 'head-carrier') is a saint who is generally depicted carrying their severed head. In Christian art, this was usually meant to signify that the subject in question had been martyred by beheading.

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Image: Maestro de San Nicasio (anonymous), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.