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Show of pers~cn~icn war:. .va~ed :. inst t :1e Thre~ . ..,cr th~ir zeal i..Yl not , c d th l'ld t rice t he .. r N~l: ca.r,t ::.--to ;.). fu ace a.nd receive no ha ~ . An, t t~1ce w..-rc; they ca~t intc~ a 1e · ~,_old they di 1 n •,;y wit'b the east_ s 1ckl · ..... -:a ~.., , .1n'l rec'9;ve:i no h .rm . 2 of wild beast ; -:n,;:,_ as chi ld with a. rr .. e fi~rv ":"'urnace ctif in t'l,_·s storv reTinds one.! , diate~., oft e nisl, 3-s 1.o:-.. e also t __ e e.~::pe.:;ure to wi i be sts . fr 0!''1 e3.t __ . T s other torture~ t e e thr<ee w:?re sub. .~ ~cte~l tc ~re sli_J·tl:v remini..,cent of tr.e p3!S3Cuticns endure bv f:~int Gorge-t t le M'!dc: of Diocletian ; li¢./t/¢/'1 Chri~t i n Saints ' Le:::e .. s a'..,c1md in in t.:1r.ce.., of sim1.1ar ret set ion fro:-, e..;..th . these ·n :.cial di&ci cl~: were wit hdr~\. frol"!l circulat ior" , s.n- therea.ft or manifeste~ the··~se lv~s orc ... v to the fe-vv who tvere ric)1teous . . ~c rcni , th ... f53 III ~rep hi , zq : 21- 22 ; T r niel , III:l9- 37; Daniel , \I : l0 - 22 . * St . Alexander , went ius , and rpheod: lus , being cast into a urnace receive no 1-:urt . ('1\·e Homan Notar ies , I.JI"F'F: OF nOPE A"SF.Y;:·~J. f'R , ~1: y 3)) flt . F. ur:.t inus and ft . J ovit a , 1-:eing cast · YJ.to a furnace , were \~injured . (Surius , T_~r~r:-s 0""(;1 'T'T 4' ~~r•rrs .) St . Pl.:.1cidus and his fa.~mily 'Jlere ba1 ei in t he br azen r•ull for th~:--e d~ ... ys , "! 'lt !let a Lair of their heads w ~-:-- inti ur sd . ( GW?'-:'_,. R011A"TO r ., c • ) St . Vi tue was cheerf,.ll e;nrl s&.ng in the mh:~t o-P a fnrracs fill~d w'th r osin , ,. i t c , an~i.. lsa1 . (Edward v.:nesma.n , 1 . i7S OF THE f!tA. \TT~ , p . 383 . ) St . Fr:.tnc:: s of Paula e·1tsrs a .)urnin.:; 1riln ~tlo,,t h·rm . (~i;::.t~ er G'ry , .ACTS O"P CPJro:rr J\TION . ) St. ~.1artin· , ~o·~d to t.1e sta~-"'e , was unha t'Tled ·Y the f re. (Be 1 1-:: n l 1.1.0 , ACTA E_A"':rr::TO:R ; 1, Vo 1 . 1, J .),n 1 . ) ut . D-:t 9t" Gonz les _f\J~Ti' ~ 11'·-.-Sll() Tl1, T.Tcl . 2 , l)ril 14) , St . T..~ucy (.Ado , · rg.j;1~ 3 -:o., of Tr~ves , .~~FTY:SO .ncy) , St . Polvc'"trp, '-'Jt . e -o"',~t . Sibre!.!ter , , t . T ecla , <:<t . rr 1:nri b ius of 1' et or ga tit . T'bor.'l.?..C , St . Vi ct or , ft . iJ it us of '"'i.cily . T es, e*m 1es 8.re cite'" bv ·.,- . Cobbar~ .wrewer, ~-- D QT 0,.,.P:!'r~ Q"t;'l. "':: .... A'JT .. ;:r. , p . 138- 9 , 286 , 1. 8 - 9 . |
