... a summer of pandemic and violence as we read and study hagiography

Topic: Roman History (as it pertains to hagiography) 

I took a break from reading 'City of God' by Saint Augustine to have time for my online theology class, and I noticed that today was the feast day of the First Martyrs of the Church of Rome, which occured about 350 years before Saint Augustine was defending Rome from pagans and writing about it in his book called 'City of God':

at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Martyrs_of_the_Church_of_Rome

at McGrath: https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/embracing-sacrifice

Theology at McGrath: https://mcgrath.nd.edu/