Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers & Son · leaf 536
ation of Melitus his accuser, by way of reprisal. THE INQUISITION. 425 At Kome as at Athens, we find the people full of suspicion and mercilesstowards those who refused to bow down to the gods of the republic ; thiswas the cause of the cruel persecutions which, under the Eoman emperors,led to the… … Fig. 328.—St. Cecilia, and Valerian her spouse.—At their feet arc roses and lilies in bloom, andupon each side of them is a palm-tree loaded with fruit, a symbol of their victories and oftheir meritorious martyrdom. Upon one of the palm-trees is a phoenix with a gloria aroundits head, the ancient…
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