• Thieleman J. Van Braght, Martyrs Mirror

    49. Vitalus

    Vitalus buried alive in Ravena around the year 99 Vitalus, Buried Alive At Ravenna For The Name Of Jesus Christ; And His Wife Beaten To Death With Sticks, At Milan, About A.D. 99 Vitalus, before his conversion, was a Roman knight and citizen of Milan. He had come to Ravenna with Paulinus, the judge; but when he perceived the bloodthirstiness…

  • Thieleman J. Van Braght, Martyrs Mirror

    48. Urticinus

    Urticinus, A Pious Christian, Beheaded With The Ax, At Ravenna, A.D. 99 Next to Timothy is placed Urticinus or Ursinius, a physician at Ravenna in Italy. Having been reported to the Judge Paulinus, as being a Christian, he was tortured in manifold ways for the name of Christ. Having borne all with constancy, and still refusing to sacrifice to the…

  • John The Apostle,  Thieleman J. Van Braght, Martyrs Mirror

    46. John the Evangelist

    John the evangelist abandoned on the Isle of Patmos, A.D. 97 John, The Holy Evangelist, Banished To The Isle of Pathos, By Emperor Domitian, A.D. 97 John, the apostle and evangelist, was a son of Zebedee, and brother of James the Greater; he was born at Nazareth, and by occupation was a fisherman. Matt. 4:21. He was called by Christ,…

  • Thieleman J. Van Braght, Martyrs Mirror

    45. Antipas

    Antipas roasted alive in a “copper Steer”, A.D. 95 Antipas, The Faithful Witness Of Jesus Christ, Burned At Pergamos In A Red-Hot Brazen Ox, A.D. 95 Antipas was an upright man and a pious witness of the Son of God; who, in proof of his faith, tasted death, rather than dishonor his Saviour, by denying Him, or otherwise. This happened…

  • Luke The Evangelist,  Thieleman J. Van Braght, Martyrs Mirror

    44. Luke the Evangelist

    Of The Second Persecution Of The Christians, Under Domitian, Which Commenced A.D. 93; In Which, Among Others, There Were Apprehended, Banished, Or Slain, The Following Persons.” Luke the Evangelist Hung from an Olive Tree in Greece, A.D. 93 Luke, The Holy Evangelist, Hanged On A Green Olive Tree, In Greece, A.D. 93 Luke, the third among the holy evangelists, was,…