Viscount Winceslaus, a Bohemian nobleman, is given a short spotlight in The New Encyclopedia of Christian Martyrs. During the reformation, the Emperor Ferdinand, who was a Catholic, put to the sword many men and women who rejected Papal teaching. One of these was Winceslaus, who, at the time of his death, was seventy years old. He […]
Profiles in Persecution – Blandina
I’ve decided to start an on-going series entitled “Profiles in Persecution” for a couple of reasons. First, it seems appropriate to me, from Biblical and Early Church precedent, to look back to those saints who have been tested to the point of death for encouragement and the strengthening of faith. Second, this is part of […]