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2 giorni fa · Several Christian sources report that Paul the Apostle and Saint Peter both died during the Neronian persecution. From Nero to Decius The Christian Martyrs' Last Prayer by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1863–1883, Walters Art Museum). A fanciful scene of damnatio ad bestias in ancient Rome's Circus Maximus beneath the Palatine Hill.
3 giorni fa · Justin, known posthumously as Justin Martyr ( Greek: Ἰουστῖνος ὁ μάρτυς, romanized : Ioustinos ho martys; c. AD 100 – c. AD 165 ), also known as Justin the Philosopher, was an early Christian apologist and philosopher . Most of his works are lost, but two apologies and a dialogue did survive.
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3 giorni fa · Their "heroic age" of martyrs, or "Era of Martyrs", was held to begin with Diocletian's accession to the emperorship in 284, rather than 303, when persecutions actually began; Barnes argues that they fabricated a large number of martyrs' tales (indeed, most surviving martyrs' tales are forgeries), exaggerated the facts in others, and ...
There are accounts of her life going back to the late fourth and early fifth century, including one by the Roman Christian poet Prudentius called “The Passion of Agnes.” St. Ambrose and Pope Damusus wrote accounts of her martyrdom as well.
4 giorni fa · The original sourceof the above sentiment is Tertullian (~155-~240 AD), who was an early African church father based out of Carthage. He lived in the days of the Roman Empire and so was familiar with persecution and martyrdom. A martyr is someone who is killed because of their faith.
4 giorni fa · As the Church celebrates the feast of Sts. Perpetua and Felicity on March 7, here are 10 things to know about these early martyrs. 1. Who was St. Perpetua? Perpetua was a young Christian woman and martyr who died just after the year 200 in North Africa. When she was still a catechumen, she and several acquaintances were taken into ...
5 giorni fa · Saint Justin Martyr (as he is commonly referred to) is the best known 2nd century Father of the Church. He was born a pagan, in a pagan region of what is now the Middle East, and was well, if ...
