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Title: Foxe's Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution ..
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Foxe, John, 1516-1587
Subjects: Martyrs Persecution Church history
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., C. Foster publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ed out, I am a Christian! The governor then ordered him tobe dragged to the foot of the statue, but failing to make him kneelbefore it he furiously commanded that he should be scourged. Thispunishment Alban bore with great courage, seeming to acquire newresolution from his sufferings. After scourging him, the governorcommanded that his head should be cut off with a sword. The historian, Bede, has narrated that, when Alban was led outto die, the executioner himself suddenly became converted to Chris-tianity, and begged permission either to die for Alban or with him.Being granted the latter request, they were both beheaded withthe same sword. This martyrdom took place in England, then a Roman province,at the town of Verulam, now St. Albans, in Hertfordshire. A mag-nificent church was afterward erected there to St. Albans memory,during the time of Constantine the Great. This church was de-stroyed in the Saxon wars, but was rebuilt by Offa, king of Mer-cia. Some of its ruins still remain.
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ST. ALBAN REFUSES TO KNEEL TO THE STATUE OF JUPITER. 102 THE WORLDS CHRISTIAN MARTYRS. Martyrdom of St. Faith, and Others. Faith, a Christian woman of Aquitania, in Gaul, being told thatan order had gone forth to seize her, surrendered herself a prisoner.Being firm in her faith, she was beheaded, and her body afterwardburned. Capercius, a Christian, concealed himself from the persecutors, butbeing told of the courage of Faith he openly avowed his religion,and delivered himself up to the governor, who had him first tor-tured and then beheaded. Quintin, a Christian and a native of Rome, determined to preachthe gospel in Gaul. He accordingly went to that province, attendedby one Lucian, and they preached there together; after which Lucianwent to Avaricum, where he suffered martyrdom. Quintin, however,escaped for a time, and was very active in the ministry. His continualprayers to the Almighty were to increase his faith, and strengthen hisfaculties to spread the gospel. After a time he wa

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