Tag: martyrdom

• The Woman Who Outargued an Empire

  The Life of Saint Catherine of Alexandria (c. 287–305) The fifty philosophers filed into the emperor’s hall like soldiers marching… Read more.

• The Girl Who Walked Through Fire and Kept Her Name

  The Life of Saint Theodora of Alexandria (3rd–4th Century) There is no saint list provided for today’s commemorations, so let… Read more.

• The Bishop Who Walked Into the Fire

  The Life of Saint Polycarp of Smyrna (c. 69–155 AD) The soldiers came for him at suppertime. Polycarp was eighty-six… Read more.

• The Girl Who Walked Through Fire and Spoke to Kings

  The Life of Saint Juliana of Nicomedia (c. 285–304) The city of Nicomedia gleamed white against the sea, its marble… Read more.

• The Girl Who Chose the Lions

  The Life of Saint Perpetua of Carthage (c. 181–203 AD) The baby was still nursing when the soldiers came. Vibia… Read more.

• The Girl Who Argued with Emperors

  The Life of Saint Catherine of Alexandria (c. 287–305) The philosophers filed into the great hall expecting an easy morning.… Read more.

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  The Girl Who Sent Roses from Paradise

  The Life of Virgin Martyr Dorothy of Caesarea (died c. 304) The executioner’s sword was already raised when the lawyer… Read more.

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  The Girl Who Chose the Arena

  The Life of Saint Tatiana of Rome (3rd century) In third-century Rome, when the empire stretched from Britain to Babylon… Read more.

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  The Physician Who Became a Desert Dweller

  The Life of Saints Cyrus and John (died 311) Cyrus had everything a man could want in fourth-century Alexandria. A… Read more.

• The Man Who Chose the Lions

  The Life of Ignatius the Godbearer (died 107) In the city of Antioch, where followers of Jesus first called themselves… Read more.