Ignatius of Antioch. Earliest post-New Testament martyr. 131 Christians You Should Know August 8, 2008. Share ... Death of Augustus. 30. Crucifixion of Jesus; Pentecost. 35. Ignatius born. 107.

St. Ignatius of Antioch bore witness to Christ publicly for the last time in Rome’s Flavian Amphitheater, where he was mauled to death by lions. “I am the wheat of the Lord,” he declared ...

In 117 he was sentenced to death by the Emperor Trajan and arrested in Antioch. He was brought, on a slow journey that lasted months, to the circus in Rome to be devoured by lions.

74.9 x 74.9 cm. (29.5 x 29.5 in.) Probably listed in the 1579 inventory of the Compagnia di San Michele di Siena ("n. 2 Quadri una Madonna e uno santo Iniazio [sic]"); Probably listed in the 1584 ...

A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Ignatius of Antioch. Find today’s readings here.. Today the church celebrates the feast of St. Ignatius—not the one you read about most in America, but St ...

Ignatius of Antioch (c. 35 — c. 107) was so eager to be martyred for Christ's sake that he even begged the Roman church not to prevent his death.