🪷 On 9 July 118 AD entered Rome as Emperor and Pontifex Maximus after succeeding He would proclaim his male lover a deity, a god of love and miracles who rivaled Jesus at this crucial turning point in history. https://t.co/EGhZpvfDKI 🪷

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St. Eustace (120)

He was a general under Emperor Trajan. While hunting he found a stag with a crucifix glowing between its antlers, and was instantly converted. After refusing to sacrifice to idols, he was arrested and, with his wife and two children, roasted inside a brass bull

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