Day 1,296: Martyr

Online, he is sometimes referred to as Yamagami Resshi, or Yamagami the Martyr.

Abe Shinzo’s assassin achieved his political goals

Artwork of the day 
Fresco in San Pantalon in Venice, Scene: Holy Martyr, fragment
Pietro Longhi
Date: 1744 - 1745
Style: Rococo
Genre: religious painting

Word of the day 
Martyr: a person who suffers very much or is killed because of their religious or political beliefs, and is often admired because of it

Quote of the day
“The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.”
― Soren Kierkegaard, The Journals of Kierkegaard