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Persecuted around 107AD; was one of the most obscure of all apostles, little was recorded apart from his name.
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Persecuted by Ignatius around 110AD; was a christian who took the gospel of christ to first century world countrys.
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Persecuted by unkown around 116 AD; the first bishop of jeruselum.
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A third persecution followed quickly under Trajan (98-117) as the century drew to a close. It continued far into the following century. The fatal cry “The Christians to the lions!” rose again and again. Christians were hunted down and subjected to torment and cruelty. The Christians fled or went into hiding and sought protection from underground cemeteries, the catacombs. There the sacred mysteries were celebrated, catechumens instructed and sacraments administered.
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After the death of Trajan the Church enjoyed some peace for more than 40 years until Emperor Marcus Aurelius, St Polycarp, St Justine and St Cecilia gave their life for their faith at this time. After 180 the Church experienced more peace and was flourishing in Asia, northern Africa, in Europe and in the East.
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July 18th, 64 a devostating fire broke out in rome taking out 3/4 of there city. They automatically assumed that it was the christians and began to execute all christians from 64 until 68. they did things such as hangings, fed to wild beasts and burnt for a live torch for the roman festivals. saint paul was arrested around this time, he went to trial as he was a roman citizen; he used his right to appeal to ceaser.
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After Nero, there followed several decades of comparative peace, and then in the years 95-96 the Church once more found itself at death grips with pagan Rome under the rule of the Emperor Domitian. At this time John suffered the ordeal of being placed in the vat of burning oil. He escaped unscathed, only to be exiled to the island of Patmos.
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Persecuted by Tertullian around 200AD; was an early christian leader and one of the twelve apostles.
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In 202-11 many Christians suffered martyrdom by Septimus Severus. St Irenaeus, the noble Perpetua and her slave Felicitas, were all martyrs.
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Saint Alban persecuted by Tertullian.
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The cruel Maximinus the Thracian opened the sixth period of persecution (235 -38)
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The seventh by Emperor Decius (249-51). Many names were added to the list of martyrs. Determined to exterminate the Christians, Decius employed every means of torture and torment. Such was his fury that many renounced their Faith. St Agatha was put to death.
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Valerian (253-60) inaugurated the eighth persecution
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Aurelian was responsible for the ninth persecution in (270-75)
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The last and most terrible persecution, the tenth, came in the first years of the 4th century, in the reigns of Diocletian and Galerius (303-11). But this persecution failed as had all the rest, and the undying Church rose stronger than ever. Some of those who suffered martyrdom in these last persecutions were: St Lawrence, Pope Stephen, Tarcisius, Sebastian, Agnes, Lucy and Catherine of Alexandria.
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The villagers had been offered the choice between conversion to Judaism or death and that 20,000 Christians had then been massacred
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Non-Muslims were obligated to pay jizya taxes, which contributed a significant proportion of income for the Islamic state and persuaded many Christians to convert to Islam.
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After the Hara Castle fell, the shogunate's forces beheaded an estimated 37,000 rebels and sympathizers.
