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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 7973579, member: 89314&quot;]ST. THEODORE</p><p><br /></p><p>Italy CASALE&nbsp; Bonifacio II Paleologo&nbsp;&nbsp; Testone&nbsp; n.d.(1518-30)</p><p><br /></p><p>Nothing reliable is known about St Theodore except that he was martyred in the early 4th century. The stories about him are all myth and legend.&nbsp; It is said he was a recruit serving in the Roman army at Amasea (in&nbsp; northern Turkey). When he refused to join his fellow soldiers in pagan rites of worship, he was arrested, but then (perhaps because of his youth) set free after a warning. However, he again protested paganism by setting fire to the temple of Cybele at Amasea. He was then condemned and, after tortures, executed by being thrown into a furnace. He is a popular saint in the&nbsp; Eastern Orthodox Church. He became the first patron of Venice but&nbsp; in the 9th century Venice wished to free itself from Byzantine influence and replaced him with St. Mark.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1383429[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1383430[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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