Sentence examples for during persecution from inspiring English sources

Mayor Francesco Rutelli was attacked by left-wing party chiefs and by Amos Luzzatto, president of Italy's Jewish communities, who praised homosexuals' bravery during persecution by the Nazis.

But realize that the Christian church has often grown exponentially during persecution.

Zephyrinus died during the persecution of Christians that was instigated by the Roman emperor Lucius Septimius Severus.

Hippolytus was later reconciled to Pope Pontianus during the persecution of Maximinus and died a martyr's death (235).

According to St. Jerome, his biographer, Paul fled to the Theban desert during the persecution of Christians (249 251) under the Roman emperor Decius.

This is a reissue of her first novel, set in the countryside near Toulouse in 17th-century France during the persecution of the Huguenots.

In part this is because of her intelligent observations on everything from the nature of America and England both temporary refuges for Lucie and her husband during the persecution of the aristocracy to the niceties of the Parisian salon.

Ignatius was taken prisoner during a persecution of the Antioch church; he was put in chains and escorted, along with others, by a unit of soldiers to Troas in northwestern Asia Minor for embarkation to Rome.

Gaul c. 288 Rome, Italy Saint Sebastian, (died c. 288, Rome [Italy]; feast day January 20) early Christian popularized by Renaissance painters and believed to have been martyred during the persecution of Christians by the Roman emperor Diocletian.

When in 254 two Spanish congregations (Mérida and León) appealed to him against a decision by Stephen to restore bishops who had lapsed during the persecution, he summoned a council to consider the case.

In 484, during the persecution of the Catholic church by the Vandal king Huneric, the Catholic bishop of Tipasa was expelled and replaced with an Arian bishop prompting many inhabitants of the city to flee to Spain.