Monday 30 June 2014 Monday of week 13 in Ordinary Time or The First Martyrs of the See of Rome About Today Psalm week: 1. The First Martyrs of the See of Rome When the city of Rome had been devastated by fire in the year 64, the Emperor Nero launched a persecution against the Christians, who were thrown to the wild beasts in the arena or soaked in tar and used as living torches. Their deaths are documented in the writings of the Roman historian Tacitus and in Pope St Clement’s letter to the Corinthians. Their feast was celebrated the day after the feast of Saints Peter and Paul.
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