19. For nine days, untold numbers of Christian were blamed and martyred in Rome. Dressed in animal skins are fed to animal. Also, burned and torched.
21. Aristarchus the Macedonian (Acts 19.29), martyred
22. Trophimus the Ephesian (Acts 21.29), martyred
23. Barsabas (Acts 1.23), martyred
24. Ananias (Acts 9.10), the man involved with St. Paul the martyr and later a bishop at Damascus, martyred
28. Eustachius, a Roman Commander, and his entire family was martyred
29. Two brothers martyred, the first being Fausiness and
30. The second being Jorda
41-47. Justin Martyr, a native of Samaria, philosopher, and convert was martyred along with six other friends. They were ordered to sacrifice to Graeco-Roman deities. They refused and were beheaded.
48. Sanctus, Deacon of Vienna. Hot brass plates pressed against “sensitive parts.”
49. Victor, bp. of Rome, martyred. In this time, we are mindful of Tertullian’s two comments: (1) “We Christians are everywhere…” and (2) “The blood of the martyrs are the seed of the church.”
50. Leonidus, the father of Origen
51. Plutarchus, follower of Origen, martyred
52. Serenus, follower of Origen, martyred
53. Heron, follower of Origen, martyred by beheading
54. Heraclides, follower of Origen, martyred by beheading
55. Rais, boiled with tar
56. Rais’s mother Marcella, boiled with tar
57. Rai’s sister Potainiena, boiled with tar
58. Irenaeus, Greek, author including descriptions of martyrdoms at Lyons, bp. of Lyons, beheaded in 202
59. Perpetua, Carthage, martyred
60. Felicita, Carthage, martyred
61. Revocatus, Carthage, martyred
62. Saturnius, Carthage, martyred
Revelation 6.9-10
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
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