# The Third Year Of The Persecution, Commenced A. D. 304.

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In the third year of the persecution, the obdurate
heart of the bloodthirsty Emperor Diocletian had
not yet softened, seeing he and his associate Maximian
steadily went on putting to death the poor
Christian believers, as appears from the death of
the following persons.



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