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Finally, Paul and his companions sailed for Rome where Paul was to stand trial for his alleged crimes. [185] Acts recounts that on the way to Rome for his appeal as a Roman citizen to Caesar, Paul was shipwrecked on Melita, which is present-day Malta, [186] where the islanders showed him "unusual kindness" and where he was met by Publius. [187]
San Paolo alle Tre Fontane , in English "St Paul at the Three Fountains" is a Roman Catholic church dedicated to Paul the Apostle, at the presumed site of his martyrdom in Rome. In Latin it is known as Sancti Pauli ad Aquas Salvias ("St Paul at Aquae Salviae").
This list of people executed in New York gives the names of some of the people executed in New York, both before and after statehood in the United States (including as New Amsterdam), as well as the person's date of execution, method of execution, and the name of the Governor of New York at the date of execution. 1963 marked the last execution ...
The site of the Tarpeian Rock as it appeared in 2008 A 19th-century etching of the Tarpeian Rock. The Rock of Tarpeia (/ t ɑːr ˈ p iː ə n /; Latin: Rupes Tarpeia or Saxum Tarpeium; Italian: Rupe Tarpea) is a steep cliff on the south side of the Capitoline Hill that was used in Ancient Rome as a site of execution.
Paul the Apostle is believed to have been imprisoned there during his final imprisonment in Rome. [22] Saints Martinian and Processus, guards from the same prison. After being baptized by St. Peter, both were imprisoned awaiting execution. Sejanus, soldier and confidant of the Emperor Tiberius. Fell from power, was imprisoned there and then ...
Julius Paulus (Greek: Ἰούλιος Παῦλος; fl. 2nd century and 3rd century AD), often simply referred to as Paul in English, was one of the most influential and distinguished Roman jurists. He was also a praetorian prefect under the Roman Emperor Alexander Severus .
Pope Paul VI removed the capital punishment statute from the "fundamental law" of Vatican City in 1969, along with other adaptations, four years after closing the Second Vatican Council, announcing the change only in the August 1969 issue of the Gazette, which is published in Latin. [1]
Tychicus (/ ˈ t ɪ k ɪ k ə s /: Greek: Τυχικός) was an Asiatic Christian who, with Trophimus, accompanied the Apostle Paul on a part of his journey from Macedonia to Jerusalem. He is also alluded to have been with Paul in Rome, where the apostle sent him to Ephesus, probably for the purpose of building up and encouraging the church ...