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“The Christian Martyrs Last Prayer” by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824 – 1904). Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz is a New York Times best-selling nonfiction writer and poet, and the author of “Dr. Mütter’s Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the…