Pelagia of Tarsus |
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She probably lived in Tarsus during the reign of the emperor Diocletian as told in her legend. against her will, this beautiful girl was affianced to one of the sons of emperor Diocletian. When she converted to Christian, her fiancée killed himself. The emperor, instead of punishing her, wanted her for himself. When she refused this offer, she was roasted to death in a red-hot brazen bull. |

