According to Eusebio de Cesarea, when he talks about the martyrs of Palestine, he tells that at the beginning of Christianity the Firmilian governor ordered torture a large group of Egyptian Christians who had been deported to that region.
They were joined by some Christians in the area and a group from Gaza, who were captured while celebrating the liturgy.
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“A Christian, woman according to the body, but virile for her courage and courage, faced the tyrant for what was flagellated, subjected to the torment of the foal and broke her ribs,” says Eusebio. It was attributed to the name of Ennata, or Thea, according to some versions.
While Thea was tortured, another woman, called Valentina (the brave), did not support the atrocious show and advanced to the governor to shout: “Why do you treat my sister so cruelly? Do you want to torture me like this young woman?”
They immediately pushed her to the altar to force her to offer sacrifices to the pagan gods, but as the brazier kicked, then she was thrown and burned with the embers that spread on the ground.
Subsequently both were tortured and burned alive. It is said that Thea came from Gaza, but that Valentina was from Caesarea and a well -known woman.
It was July 25, 308 of our era.
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