It is said that in 284 a young Christian was severely opposed
for not having accepted to profess pagan rites, to the point of being
first imprisoned and then cruelly martyred.
Santa Restituta
His execution would have been particularly painful,
until you get to fill the poor woman with pitch,
tie her in a boat and let her sink
at the bottom of the sea at the mercy of flames.
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