# About Forty Pious Christians Seized By The Longobards In Italy, And Most Of Them Put To Death With The Sword, For Refusing To Commit Idolatry, A. D. 566.

c. 566 · Historical source

Source: Martyrs’ Mirror. Original heading: ABOUT FORTY PIOUS CHRISTIANS SEIZED BY THE LONGOBARDS IN ITALY, AND MOST OF THEM PUT TO DEATH WITH THE SWORD, FOR REFUSING TO COMMIT IDOLATRY, A. D. 566.

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Shortly after the death of the peasants just spoken
of in the margin, as the heathen Longobards, according
to their custom, were offering to Satan the
head of a he-goat, about forty meek and pious
Christians were apprehended. When their captors,
in honor of Satan, had gone round their sacrifice,
consecrated it by their sorcerous incantations and conjurations,
and had bowed their heads before it, and
worshiped it, they wanted to constrain the captive
Christians to worship with them this head of the he-goat.
But most of the Christians, preferring to die
and strive for life immortal, rather than to live and
worship the idol, refused to bow their heads, which
they had always bowed in honor to God their Creator,
before a vain and perishable creature. Thereupon,
the enemies of God and his Anointed, who
had not hesitated to fight against the Lord, and to
kick against the pricks, put to death with the sword,
all of said captive Christians who would have no fellowship
with their idolatry; and thus they (the latter),
all became blessed martyrs of Jesus Christ. Compare
A. Mell. 2d book, 1699, page 299, col. 4, from lib.
5 Dialog., cap. 28.126





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