{St. John, boiled in oil (which he survived) at the {Porta Latina.

{St. Cletus, Pope, beheaded.

Under Domitian {St. Denis, beheaded (and carrying his head).

{St. Domitilla, roasted alive.

{SS. Nereus and Achilles, beheaded.

{St. Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, eaten by lions in {the Coliseum.

Under Trajan {St. Clement, Pope, tied to an anchor and thrown {into the sea.

{St. Simon, Bishop of Jerusalem, crucified.

{St. Eustachio, his wife Theophista, and his children {Agapita and Theophista, burnt in a {brazen bull before the Coliseum.

Under Hadrian {St. Alexander, Pope, beheaded.

{St. Sinforosa, drowned, and her seven sons martyred {in various ways.

{St. Pius, Pope, beheaded.

{St. Felicitas and her seven sons martyred in Under Antoninus-Pius {various ways.

and Marcus {St. Justus, beheaded.

Aurelius {St. Margaret, stretched on a rack, and torn to {pieces with iron forks.

{St. Blandina, tossed by a bull, in a net.

Under Antoninus {St. Attalus, roasted on red-hot chair.

and Verus {St. Pothicus and others, burnt alive.

{SS. Perpetua and Felicitas, torn to pieces by lions Under Septimius {in the Coliseum.

Severus and {SS. Victor and Zephyrinus, Leonida and Basil, Caracalla {beheaded.

{St. Alexandrina, covered with boiling pitch.

{St. Calixtus, Pope, thrown into a well with a stone {round his neck.

{St. Calepodius, dragged through Rome by wild {horses, and thrown into the Tiber.

Under Alexander {St. Martina, torn with iron forks.

Severus {St. Cecilia, who, failing to be suffocated with hot {water, was stabbed in the throat.

{St. Urban the Pope, Tibertius, Valerianus, and {Maximus, beheaded.

{St. Pontianus, Pope, beheaded in Sardinia.

{St. Agatha, her breasts cut off.

{SS. Fabian and Cornelius, Popes, and St. Cyprian {of Carthage, beheaded.

{St. Tryphon, burnt.

{SS. Abdon and Sennen, torn by lions.

{St. Apollonia, burnt, after all her teeth were pulled Under Valerianus {out.

and Gallienus {St. Stephen, Pope, burnt in his episcopal chair.

{St. Cointha, torn to pieces.

{St. Sixtus, Pope, killed with the sword.

{St. Venantius, thrown from a wall.

{St. Laurence the deacon, roasted on a gridiron.

{St. Hippolytus, torn by wild horses.

{SS. Rufina and Semula, drowned in the Tiber.

{SS. Protus and Hiacinthus, beheaded.

{Three hundred Christians, burnt in a furnace.

{St. Tertullian, burnt with hot irons.

{St. Nemesius, beheaded.

{St. Sempronius, Olympius, and Theodulus, burnt.

Under Claudius {St. Marius, hung, with a huge weight tied to his II. {feet.

{St. Martha, and her children, martyred in different {ways.

{SS. Cyprian and Justinian, boiled.

{St. Valentine, killed with the sword.

{St. Agapitus (aged 15), hung head downwards over {a pan of burning charcoal. Inscribed above {are these words from Wisdom, 'Properavit ut Under Aurelian {educeret illum a seductionibus et iniquitatibus and Numerianus {gentis suae.'

{St. Christina, transfixed through the heart.

{St. Columba, burnt.

{SS. Chrysanthus and Daria, buried alive.

{St. Agnes, bound to a stake, afterwards beheaded.

{St. Caius, Pope, beheaded.

{St. Emerantia, stoned to death.

{Nearly the whole population of Nicomedia martyred {in different ways.

{St. Erasmus, laid in a coffin, into which boiling {lead was poured.

{St. Blaise, bound to a column, and torn to pieces.

{St. Barbara, burnt with hot irons.

{St. Eustrathius and his companions, martyred in Under Diocletian {different ways.

and Maximianus {St. Vincent, burnt on a gridiron.

{SS. Primus and Felicianus, torn by lions.

{St. Anastasia, thrown from a rock?

{SS. Quattro Incoronati, martyred in various ways.

{SS. Peter and Marcellinus, beheaded.

{St. Boniface, placed in a dungeon full of boiling {pitch.

{St. Lucia, shut up in a well full of serpents.

{St. Euphemia, run through with a sword.

{SS. Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentius, boiled alive.

{St. Sebastian, shot with arrows (which he survived).

{SS. Cosmo and Damian, Pantaleon, Saturninus, {Susanna, Gornius, Adrian, and others, in {different ways.

{St. Catherine of Alexandria, and others, broken {on the wheel.

Under Maxentius {SS. Faustina and Porfirius, burnt with a company {of soldiers.

{St. Marcellus, Pope, died worn out by persecution.

{St. Simon and 1600 citizens cut into fragments.

Under Maximinus {St. Peter, Bishop of Alexandra, and forty soldiers, and Licinius {left to die, up to their waists in a frozen lake.

{SS. John and Paul, beheaded.

{St. Artemius, crushed between two stones.

Under Julian the {St. Pigmenius, drowned in the Tiber.

Apostate {St. Bibiana, flogged to death, and thrown for food {to dogs in the Forum.

The last picture represents the reunion of eminent martyrs (in which the Roman Church includes English sufferers under Elizabeth), and above is inscribed this verse from Isaiah xxv., "Laudabit populus fortis, civitas gentium robustarum."

"Au-dessus du tableau de la Crucifixion se trouve cette inscription: 'Roi glorieux des martyrs, s'il donne sa vie pour racheter la peche, il verra une posterite sans fin.' Et quelle posterite! Hommes, femmes, vieillards, jeunes hommes, jeunes filles, enfants! Comme tous accourent, comme tous savent mourir."--_Une Chretienne a Rome._

"Les paens avaient divinise la vie, les chretiens diviniserent la mort."--_Madame de Stael._