When the emperor Decius persecuted the Christians, seven noble youths of Ephesus concealed themselves in a spacious cavern in the side of an adjacent mountain ; where they were doomed to perish by the tyrant, who gave orders that the entrance should be... Curiosities of Literature - Page 159by Isaac Disraeli - 1824 - 472 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Russell - 1844 - 428 pages
...transferred to Catholic saints and martyrs. The legend relates, that, "when Decius was still persecuting the Christians, seven noble youths of Ephesus concealed themselves in a spacious cavern, in the side of an adjacent mountain, where they were doomed to perish by the tyrant, who gave orders... | |
| 1845 - 304 pages
...most extended circulation, and, as a divine revelation, was extensively believed among the Mahometans. When the emperor Decius persecuted the Christians,...Ephesus concealed themselves in a spacious cavern, the entrance to which the tyrant ordered should be firmly secured with a pile of stones. They immediately... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1846 - 530 pages
...the insipid legends of ecclesiastical history, I am tempted to distinguish the memorable fable of the Seven Sleepers; whose imaginary date corresponds with...the Emperor Decius persecuted the Christians, seven notable youths of Ephcsus concealed themselves in a spacious cavern on the side of an adjacent mountain... | |
| Charles MacFarlane - 1846 - 462 pages
...Confessor's great dinner and strange vision at Westminster. The legend, as told by Gibbon, is this: — When the Emperor Decius persecuted the Christians,...Ephesus concealed themselves in a spacious cavern in the side of a mountain, where they were doomed to perish by the tyrant, who caused the mouth of... | |
| William Russell - 1851 - 392 pages
...transferred to Catholic saints and martyrs. ^ The legend relates, that, "when Decius was still persecuting the Christians, seven noble youths of Ephesus concealed themselves in a spacious cavern, in the side of an adjacent mountain, where they were doomed to perish by the tyrant, who gave orders... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1851 - 518 pages
...the insipid legends of ecclesiastical history, I am tempted to distinguish the memorable fable of the Seven Sleepers; whose imaginary date corresponds with the reign of the younger Theodosim, and the conquest of Africa by the Vandals. When the Emperor Df'cius persecuted the Chritlinns,... | |
| 1852 - 440 pages
...The story of the Seven Sleepers is the most romantic of the legends of the church. It is as follows: When the Emperor Decius persecuted the Christians,...spacious cavern, on the side of an adjacent mountain, and were doomed to perish by the tyrant, who gave orders that the entrance should be firmly secured... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1852 - 684 pages
...date corresponds with theteign of the younger Theodosius, and the conquest of Africa by the Vandals.44 When the emperor Decius persecuted the Christians,...seven noble youths of Ephesus concealed themselves ina spacious cavern in the side of an adjacent mountain ; where they were doomed to perish by the tyrant,... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pages
...the insipid legends of ecclesiastical history, I am tempted to distinguish the memorable fable of the Seven Sleepers, whose imaginary date corresponds with...Ephesus concealed themselves in a spacious cavern in the side of au adjacent mountain, where they were doomed to die by the tyrant, who gave orders that... | |
| James Munson Olmstead - 1853 - 428 pages
...transferred to Catholic saints and martyrs. The legend relates that "when Decius was still persecuting the Christians, seven noble youths of Ephesus concealed themselves in a spacious cavern in the side of an adjacent mountain, where they were doomed to perish by the tyrant, who gave orders... | |
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