Santo Stefano Rotondo al Celio


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The Martyrs Lorenzo, Ippolito, Rufina, Seconda, Gervasius and Protasius
The nineteenth fresco. (A) St Lawrence on the grate, (B) St Ippolito being pulled by 4 horses, (C) Rufina and Seconda thrown into the water from a bridge and (D) Gervasius and Protasius are beheaded. Above the fresco is the text "Adhaesit anima mea post te quia caro mea igne cremata est".

Related links:  Deacon Lawrence (3rd cent.)
Rufina and Secunda (3rd cent.)
Gervasius and Protasius (3rd cent.)