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Public Executions In The Arena

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MARGARETA OF ANTIOCHIA FLAYED WITH IRON HOOKS​

Margareta was the daughter of a pagan priest in Antiochia (Asia Minor), who disowned her when she became a Christian. When she refused the advances of the Roman prefect Olybrius, who had been smitten by her beauty, that man arrested her as a Christian. In her prison cell she had a vision of the devil attacking her in the shape of a dragon and trying to devour her; but the evil beast was forced to spit her out when the girl did not let go of the cross that she was wearing on her necklace. During the following days the authorities tortured the girl cruelly by immersing her in hot water, or by suspending her naked from her wrists and flaying her skin with iron hook sand singeing her with torches, but could not make her renounce her faith. Finally Margareta was beheaded, presumably in the year 307.

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FIRMINA OF AMELIA TORTURED WITH TORCHES​

Firmina lived towards the end of the 3rd Century in Amelia, a town in Umbria (today: Italy). Her family was wealthy; her father was a high-ranking Roman official.
When the persecution of Emperor Diocletianus began, she could have stayed in her rather remote home town and led an untroubled life. Instead, she chose to go to Rome and to support the Christian community there. Firmina was especially well remembered by those who had been sentenced to forced labour in the Roman quarries.
Then, however, Firmina was arrested as a Christian herself. As the Christians refused to make sacrifices to the god-emperor, they were thought to be illoyal subjects or even traitors. However, the judge presiding over Firmina's trial was a just man and allowed the young woman to defend herself. She did this so well that the judge acquitted her; later he became a Christian himself.
But the persecution was still going on. In 303 Firmina was arrested again. This time her judge was a cruel and arrogant man who let her be tortured in order to make her renounce her faith. She was brought into the arena and cruelly tortured by burning her body with flaming torches. But she remained steadfast, and in the end the judge gave up and had her beheaded.

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PETRONILLA OF ROME CRUELLY TORTURE TO DEATH

Aurelia Petronilla lived in Rome at the end of the Ist Century. She was a member of a patrician family, the Flavii, and possibly a relative of the martyr Flavia Domitilla. Beyond that, little is known about her. It is likely that she fell victim to the persecution of Emperor Domitianus. She has been venerated as a virgin martyr at least since the Vth Century.
According to an old legend a Roman official desired to marry her, but had her arrested and tortured to death when she refused him.

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EUPHEMIA OF CHALCEDON SCOURGED AND TORTURED​

Euphemia was born about 288 AD in Chalcedon (today: Kadıköy, now a quarter of Ístanbul, Turkey) into a wealthy, aristocratic family. She and her parents had become Christians and lived a pious life, using their wealth to support the poor.
In 303, during the era of Diocletianus, Euphemia was requested to make a sacrifice to Ares, the Greek god of war. She refused and was promptly arrested and cruelly tortured; the legend mentions cruel scourging in public. Her body was then lacerated with a spiked wheel, but her wounds healed overnight .
Finally she was thrown to wild beasts and killed by them

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Eulalia said:
It was the early modern precursor of CruxForums - priests and monks passing around virgin martyrdom pics (no more than 5 a day, of course! :p )
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I wonder when it was increased to 10? Obviously before I got here :D

Actually come to think of it, that was 10 pics per post :eek:
(I seem to remember it being more than ten, when I first joined in 2013, though I may be mistaken about that)

It seems as though these monks had some bad habits

(I'll get my coat...)
 
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