Christians Executed for Refusing to Convert to Islam - Nag Hammadi Massacre, Cristvo Da Gama, Constantin Br[ncoveanu, Kosheh Martyrs (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Nag Hammadi Massacre, Cristvo Da Gama, Constantin Br ncoveanu, Kosheh Martyrs, Ketevan of Kakheti, Yevgeny Rodionov, Sidhom Bishay, Aurelius and Natalia, Saint Roderick, Nunilo and Alodia, Master Malati, St. Adolphus, Saint Bashnouna, Saint Philotheos. Excerpt: Aurelius and Natalia Aurelius and Natalia (died 852) were Christian martyrs who were put to death during the reign of Abd ar-Rahman II, Caliph of Crdoba, and are counted among the Martyrs of Crdoba . Aurelius was the son of a Muslim father and a Christian mother. He was also secretly a follower of Christianity, as was his wife Natalia, who was also the child of a Muslim father. One of Aurelius's cousins, Felix, accepted Islam for a short time, but later converted back to Christianity and married a Christian woman, Liliosa. Under Sharia Law, all four of them were required to profess Islam. In time all four began to openly profess their Christianity, with the two women going about in public with their faces unveiled. They were all swiftly arrested as apostates from Islam . They were given four days to recant, but they refused, and were beheaded. They were martyred with a local monk, George, who had openly spoken out against the prophet Mohammed . He had been offered a pardon as a foreigner, but chose instead to denounce Islam again and die with the others. They are considered saints in the Roman Catholic Church, with a feast day of July 27. References (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Constantin Br ncoveanu Constantin Br ncoveanu Br ncovenesc architecture Constantin Br ncoveanu (1654 August 15, 1714) was Prince of Wallachia between 1688 and 1714. Biography Ascension A descendant of the Craiove ti boyar family and related to Matei Basarab, Br ncoveanu was born at the estate of Br ncoveni an...