Martyrs of the Coliseum - or Historical Records of the Great Amphitheater of Ancient Rome

The Martyrs of the Coliseum or Historical Records of the Great Amphitheater of Ancient Rome
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Author: Format: ISBN: H x W: Manufacturer: Date: Pages:	Fr. A J O'Reilly, D.D. Soft Cover 0-89555-192-6 8 1/4" (20.9 cm) x 5 1/2" (13.9 cm) TAN Books and Publishers 1987 447

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THE MARTYRS OF THE COLISEUM is a history of that famous arena in Rome,

where thousands of early Christians met a cruel and bloody end, but much

more than that, it is also the story of many well-known saints and heroes

of Christ who went willingly to their deaths in testimony of the truth of

the Catholic faith. In fact, it reads like a veritable lives of the early

saints and martyrs. For here are recounted the passion of such notable

martyrs as St. Ignatius of Antioch, St.Prisca, Sts. Chrysanthus and Daria,

Pope St. Stephen, St.Vitus and companions, Sts. Abdon and Sennen (the

Persian kings), St. Eleutherius (the young bishop), St. Alexander,

St. Hippolytus, St. Marinus, St. Martina, and many others. Designed by a

Christian and built in the first century by the labor of the Jews

enslaved after the fall of Jerusalem, the renowned Roman Coliseum was the

site not only of incredible cruelty but also of equally incredible

miracles and conversions. So sacred is the earth of the Coliseum that on

two occasions sainted popes-St. Gregory the Great and St. Pius V-gave

pilgrims to Rome, as a memento of their visit, soil from the Coliseum

wrapped in cloth, and to the wonder and amazement of the questioning

pilgrims, both times the soil bled! "As long as the Coliseum stands, Rome

will stand; and as long as Rome stands the Church will stand," states a

famous prophecy. Once a person reads the unbelievable testimony of Faith

that was displayed in this arena and during the early Christian era in

Rome, he will be readily able to understand how God might thus choose to

signalize so epochal an event.

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