Tag: persecution

• The Actor Who Refused to Pretend

  The Life of the Holy Martyr Ardalion the Actor (4th century) The crowd was laughing. That was the whole point.… 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 Sang in the Arena

  The Life of Saint Theodora of Alexandria (3rd–4th Century) Today the Church has no formal commemoration list provided, so let… 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.