Blandina

68798427 Eba5c5bb76 (binary/octet-stream)

Blandina 177AD - Lyons

Background:  Christian slave lady to a Christian Master in Lyon   Xenophobic prejudice against Christians at that time

Santa Blandina A (binary/octet-stream)

Faith

Christian    Her brothers and sisters in faith were there and they prayed for her   "Rome was able to convince slaves to lie about their Christian masters and insist Christians were cannibals and incestuous"

Martyrdom

"Torture beyond all description" - Prayson Daniel    She outlasted her torturers   "Small and weak and despised yet clothed with Christ"   Scourging, wild beasts, iron chair, enclosed in a net and then trampled by a bull   "Glad and rejoicing in her departure, as if called to a marriage supper"   She encouraged Ponticus, a 15 year old and brother in faith until he died in the arena   "I am a Christian and there is no evil amongst us"