Post details: SAINT OF THE DAY: THE FIRST HOLY MARTYRS OF THE HOLY ROMAN CHURCH
SAINT OF THE DAY: THE FIRST HOLY MARTYRS OF THE HOLY ROMAN CHURCH
CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY, JUNE 30, 2006
These “proto-martyrs” of Rome were the first Christians persecuted en masse by the Emperor Nero in the year 64, before the martyrdom of Saints Peter and Paul.
Nero was widely believed to have caused the fire that burned down much of Rome in the same year. He blamed the fire on the Christians and put them to death, many by crucifixion, by feeding to the wild animals in the circus, or by being tied to posts and lit up as human torches.
These martyrs were called the “Disciples of the Apostles” and their firmness in the face of their gruesome deaths were a powerful testimony that led to many conversions in the early Roman Church.
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