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I remember seeing that on the History Channel. There are two inaccuracies. The first is that she would , of course, have been put in the chair naked. The second is that the re-enactment doesn't match the actual account of Blandina's martyrdom.Friday, February 1, 2019
Today was almost sunny! At least it seemed sunny to me! high 39°. Getting cold now 31.
What a night! Even without a whipping, I felt a real ‘day after” today. My Master seems to love me almost as much as I love him!
Today, back home (snuck over in the early morning rain before any of the neighbors would be up – I felt SO very naughty!). Catching up on work and planning my weekend. Master has to go to EXXH for a day trip, so I won’t see him today.
I went on line and looked up Saint Blandine. Wow! What a woman! I am so proud that Master chose her for my “patroness” (I love that word he taught me). She lived in Lyon France in 177, actually that’s the year she died. She was a slave (a real slave, the kind people bought and sold and worked really hard) and the Romans tortured her horribly, but she refused to give up Jesus, or inform on her master’s family! I pray I would be that loyal to Master. But I think I’m much too weak.
Here is a film about her:
According to the legend, she was first tied to a stake and exposed to the lions which refused to attack her. She was then put in a net and tossed by a wild bull, but somehow survived. She was placed on an iron griddle, although this may have been a dorm of torture, not execution. Finally, she was dispatched with a dagger. In the legends, those early Christians were incredibly tough to kill.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02594a.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blandina
I couldn't find an image of Blandina on the gridiron, but I did find some nice ones of her tied to a stake before the lions.