Saturnin
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Saturnin of Toulouse was one of the "Apostles to the Gauls" sent out during the consulate of Decius and Gratus to Christianise Gaul after the persecutions under Emperor Decius had all but dissolved th
The Martyrdom of Saint Saturnin, from a 14th-century manuscript
Tomb of St. Saturnin in the Basilica of St. Sernin, Toulouse, France
Mithraism
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Mithraism, also known as the Mithraic mysteries or the Cult of Mithras, was a Roman mystery religion focused on the god Mithras. Although inspired by Iranian worship of the Zoroastrian divinity Mithra
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…the killing") and biau or bœuf ("bull"). An inversion of this martyrdom, the tauroctony, the "killing of the bull," is precisely the central rite of Mithraism, the most important icon in the mithraeum, a depiction of Mithras in the act of killing a bull. The tauroctony was either painted or depicted in a…
Mithras killing the bull, c. 150 CE; Louvre-Lens
Double-faced Mithraic relief. Fiano Romano (Rome), 2nd to 3rd century CE, Louvre Museum.
Rock-born Mithras and Mithraic artifacts, Baths of Diocletian, Rome
A bas-relief of the tauroctony of the mysteries, Metz, France