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The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being…
The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being Fox's Book of martyrs, revised and corrected, with additions and great improvements. : Containing an authentic account of the lives, persecutions and sufferings of the holy martyrs; and the many dreadful persecutions against the Church of Christ in all parts of the world, by pagans, Jews, Turks, papists, and others, from earliest ages of the church to the present period. ... The whole forming at once a general Christian martyrology, and a complete history of persecutions. / By the Rev. Mr. John Fox, M.A. late of Magdalen College, Oxford. ; Now revised, corrected and improved, with many additional articles, relating to the acts and monuments of the church. By Paul Wright, D.D. ; Embellished with forty elegant copper plate engravings. ; In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being Fox's Book of marytrs, revised and corrected, with additions and great improvements. : Containing an authentic account of the lives, persecutions and sufferings of the holy martyrs; and the many dreadful persecutions against the Church of Christ in all parts of the world, by pagans, Jews, Turks, papists, and others, from earliest ages of the church to the present period. ... The whole forming at once a general Christian martyrology, and a complete history of persecutions. / By the Rev. Mr. John Fox, M.A. late of Magdalen College, Oxford. ; Now revised, corrected and improved, with many additional articles, relating to the acts and monuments of the church. By Paul Wright, D.D. ; Embellished with forty elegant copper plate engravings. ; In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].
New-York: printed by William Durell, 1794
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HIS reputation roused the jealousy of the pagan physicians, who accused him to the emperor. Galerius, finding him a christian, which he had not before known, ordered him to be tortured, and then beheaded, which was done July 27, A. D. 305.
HERMOLAUS, a venerable and pious christian, of a great age, and an intimate acquaintance of Pantaleon's, suffered martyrdom for his faith on the same day, and in the same manner as Pantaleon.
JULITTA, of Cappadocia, was a lady of distinguished capacity, great virtue, and uncommon courage: she was martyred on account of a lawsuit, of which Basil, bishop of Caesarea, gives us the following particulars:
JULITTA, of Cappadocia, was a lady of distinguished capacity, great virtue, and uncommon courage: she was martyred on account of a lawsuit, of which Basil, bishop of Ca•sarea, gives us the following particulars:
[…] of the […] in […], who was […] possessed […] of her […], and had seized both he […]. This oppressive usurper had found means to bribe the judges in his favour, and […] persons to swear, that the land and goods in dispute were his property. Julitta, supported by the justness of her ause, thought tt she had nothing more to do, but to give the magistrates a plain and an ingenuous account of her tile. When the cause came to be tried, the defendant, instead of supporting his claim, or giving any answer to the plaintiff's plea, urged that the law would not suffer him to engage at that bar, with one of a different religion so that he could not proceed in his defence, unless the lady, who was the plaintiff, renounced christianity.