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30 Morbid Minutes

Headless Saints: Religion's Morbid Martyrs

30 Morbid Minutes

30 Morbid Minutes

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.8731 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2026

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever seen a painting of a saint holding their own severed head in their hands? These saints are known as cephalophore saints, and each and everyone one has a distinctly morbid backstory. Their headless predicament certainly begs the question: where does the halo go? Leave us a review -- it helps the show! :) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠30 Morbid Minutes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is made by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Elyse Willems⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Jessica Vasami Music by ⁠⁠Casey Edwards ⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:59.8

This message reflects one person's experience.

1:05.8

This podcast covers mature, intense, morbid, and sometimes just scary stuff. Listener discretion is advised.

1:40.1

Sleepy Hollow's headless horseman ain't got nothing on Christianity's decapitated do-getters, and downright grisly nature.

1:41.3

I'm Elise Willems.

1:42.5

And I'm Jessica Vasami.

1:45.1

Perhaps if you grew up in a Christian church or practice in it now, you've heard of Denis of Paris. Dennis of Paris. Let's just do Dennis of Paris

1:53.4

here. Denny of Perry, a third century Christian saint and martyr. Saint Denis is celebrated as the first bishop of Paris and patron saint of

2:03.4

France. Around 250, 258 ACE, he was sent from Rome to evangelize Gaul and spread the new faith. He ended up

2:11.9

doing it really well, converting a ton of people to Christianity. This did not go over great with the pagan priests who were

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