– Was a pagan and a philosopher
– Once bought some documents containing St. Paul the Apostle’s epistles, and they became the reason he believed
– He enrolled in the theological school and later became the dean
– The Seventh Persecution under Decius in 250 AD who decreed to suppress Christianity to restore Rome’s original glory
– One of the famous martyrs of that era is St. Mercurius (Abee Seifen)
– The Eighth Persecution under Valerian in 257 AD who persisted to humiliate Christians by capturing them and banishing them to work in forced labor camps
– Of the famous martyrs of that era are St. Justina (Youstina) and St. Cyprian (Kebrianos), Bishop of Cartagena
– The emperor also exiled Pope Dionysius to the Kephro region in the Libyan deserts and preached to the pagans there
