Walks in RomeHare, Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert)
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Walks in Rome
Hare, Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert)
Rome (Italy) -- Description and travel
{St. Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, eaten by lions in
{the Coliseum.
Under Trajan {St. Clement, Pope, tied to an anchor and thrown
{into the sea.
{St. Simon, Bishop of Jerusalem, crucified.
{St. Eustachio, his wife Theophista, and his children
{Agapita and Theophista, burnt in a
{brazen bull before the Coliseum.
Under Hadrian {St. Alexander, Pope, beheaded.
{St. Sinforosa, drowned, and her seven sons martyred
{in various ways.
{St. Pius, Pope, beheaded.
{St. Felicitas and her seven sons martyred in
Under Antoninus-Pius {various ways.
and Marcus {St. Justus, beheaded.
Aurelius {St. Margaret, stretched on a rack, and torn to
{pieces with iron forks.
{St. Blandina, tossed by a bull, in a net.
Under Antoninus {St. Attalus, roasted on red-hot chair.
and Verus {St. Pothicus and others, burnt alive.
{SS. Perpetua and Felicitas, torn to pieces by lions
Under Septimius {in the Coliseum.
Severus and {SS. Victor and Zephyrinus, Leonida and Basil,
Caracalla {beheaded.
{St. Alexandrina, covered with boiling pitch.
{St. Calixtus, Pope, thrown into a well with a stone
{round his neck.
{St. Calepodius, dragged through Rome by wild
{horses, and thrown into the Tiber.
Under Alexander {St. Martina, torn with iron forks.
Severus {St. Cecilia, who, failing to be suffocated with hot
{water, was stabbed in the throat.
{St. Urban the Pope, Tibertius, Valerianus, and
{Maximus, beheaded.
{St. Pontianus, Pope, beheaded in Sardinia.
{St. Agatha, her breasts cut off.
{SS. Fabian and Cornelius, Popes, and St. Cyprian
{of Carthage, beheaded.
{St. Tryphon, burnt.
{SS. Abdon and Sennen, torn by lions.
{St. Apollonia, burnt, after all her teeth were pulled
Under Valerianus {out.
and Gallienus {St. Stephen, Pope, burnt in his episcopal chair.
{St. Cointha, torn to pieces.
{St. Sixtus, Pope, killed with the sword.
{St. Venantius, thrown from a wall.
{St. Laurence the deacon, roasted on a gridiron.
{St. Hippolytus, torn by wild horses.
{SS. Rufina and Semula, drowned in the Tiber.
{SS. Protus and Hiacinthus, beheaded.
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