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Public Executions In The Arena

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JULITTA OF IKONIUM TORTURED TO DEATH

Julitta was a Christian widow who lived with her infant son Cyriacus (Cyricus, Quiricus) in Anatolia, according to some source in Ikonium (today: Konya, Turkey), to others in Tarsus. In 304 she was arrested because of her faith. Her child was killed before her eyes (the judge threw him upon the floor), and she was cruelly tortured and in the end beheaded.

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BIBIANA OF ROME SCOURGED TO DEATH

Having lost her parents during the persecution of Emperor Julian the Apostate (about 360), Bibiana and her sister Demetria were placed under the authority of a woman who ran a brothel. Bibiana refused to cooperate and was imprisoned in a house for the mentally ill; when this did not change her mind, she was stripped, bound to a pillar and then flogged to death.

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WILGEFORTIS CRUCIFIED

Wilgefortis was the daughter of a pagan Lusitanian (today: Portuguese) king. She had become a Christian and even made a vow of celibacy, but concealed this from her father. When the king decided to give her in marriage to a pagan nobleman, Wilgefortis was dismayed. She refused to get married.
The king was so disgusted that he ordered his daughter to be crucified.

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WILGEFORTIS CRUCIFIED

Wilgefortis was the daughter of a pagan Lusitanian (today: Portuguese) king. She had become a Christian and even made a vow of celibacy, but concealed this from her father. When the king decided to give her in marriage to a pagan nobleman, Wilgefortis was dismayed. She refused to get married.
The king was so disgusted that he ordered his daughter to be crucified.

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hello please could i see some of your examples of crucifixion (roman candle?)

crucifixion where the victims are burned on the cross .... it's for my project .... thanks!
 
Wilgefortis was the daughter of a pagan Lusitanian (today: Portuguese) king. She had become a Christian and even made a vow of celibacy, but concealed this from her father. When the king decided to give her in marriage to a pagan nobleman, Wilgefortis was dismayed. She refused to get married.
The king was so disgusted that he ordered his daughter to be crucified.
1646853359387.png The sculpture on the right is property of the Park Abbey, Leuven, Belgium, and figured on a poster in 2017, exposed in the streets and railroad stations.

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Quo Vadis: Lygia tied on the back of a wild bull.
Representations on old postcards.
 

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Quo Vadis: Lygia tied on the back of a wild bull.
She has also inspired many bronze sculptors.
 

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BENEDICTA OF ORIGNY CRUCIFIED AND SCOURGED TO DEATH

Benedicta belonged to a noble Roman family. She had been born in Rome, but later she moved to Gallia, to a town that is now Origny (France). She had become a Christian and was very active in preaching the gospel. During one of the persecutions around the year 300 the governor of the town had her arrested and cruelly scourged to death on the cross.

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