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The Martyr of the Catacombs

by James De Mille

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After a day of slaughter in the Coliseum, the Roman officer Marcellus is ordered to track down the Christians who hide in the catacombs along the Appian Way. Living among them in the tunnels, he learns their secret, witnesses arrests, trials and the death of a boy martyr, and is offered a choice of his own.

A short, devout tale of the persecuted early Church for readers of Quo Vadis and Fabiola. Download the free EPUB.

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