32 Martyrs of Orange Guillotined in Roman Theater During French Revolution

32 Martyrs of Orange Guillotined in Roman Theater During French Revolution

Constructed in the early first century, when Christ was a child, the Roman theater in Orange, Provence, became a place of witness to his reign nearly 18 centuries later, when more than 300 people — including 32 religious sisters now known as the Blessed Martyrs of Orange — were executed there in 1794. They died singing hymns and refusing to renounce Christ. The Blessed Martyrs of Orange gave their lives on an 1,800-year-old stage.