St. Justin Martyr Born in Flavia Neapolis (in Palestinian Syria) around 100; conversion to Christianity around 130; martyred in Rome in the year 165, under Marcus Aurelius. Saint Justin Martyr (as ...

A History of Sex and Christianity —the kind of hefty tome inevitably described as “magisterial” by reviewers—teems with ...

The first was an unnamed young man who, as recounted by the philosopher Justin Martyr, petitioned Roman ... fit right in at employee-owned cafe in 21 st-century Seattle. (In fact, self-castration ...

St. Justin Martyr, "First Apology," c. 150 A.D. "If the Lord were from other than the Father (and thus capable of performing miracles), how could He rightly take bread, which is of the same ...

St George, an early Christian martyr, is believed to have died on or around April 23 in the third century AD in Lydda, which is now Lod, Israel, and became England’s patron saint from the 14th ...

King's son said he never thought racism would still be around and on the rise like it is today, as rally-goers urged activism ...

The blessing was a mixed one for Fabian, who died 14 years later a martyr, persecuted by Emperor ... In 1978, after appearing to the crowds in St Peter's Square, John Paul II reportedly walked ...

built on the spot where St. Peter, the first pope, is believed to have been buried after dying as a martyr in the reign of Emperor Nero (54-68 AD). Francis's body was dressed in red vestments ...

It was built in the 19 th century and dedicated to Saint Baudilus, a 3rd-century martyr from Nîmes. Above the stained glass rose window on the façade is a statue of him, and there is also a ...