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The Latin phrase cīvis Rōmānus sum (Classical Latin: [ˈkiːwis roːˈmaːnus ˈsũː]; "I am (a) Roman citizen") is a phrase used in Cicero's In Verrem as a plea for the legal rights of a Roman citizen. [1] When travelling across the Roman Empire, safety was said to be guaranteed to anyone who declared, "civis Romanus sum".
The Roman liturgical calendar for the following day now remembers all Christians martyred in these early persecutions; formerly, 30 June was the feast day for St. Paul. [225] Persons or religious orders with a special affinity for St. Paul can still celebrate their patron on 30 June.
Roman citizenship was conferred in a number of ways. (1) The most common way was being born from two Roman citizens. This is the claim Paul makes when asked how he obtained his citizenship ("I am a citizen by birth" Acts 22.28), which implies that both of Paul's parents were Jewish Roman citizens (cf. #4).
Saul of Tarsus - later known as Paul the Apostle, a Pharisee and Roman citizen who would later become an apostle - participated in Stephen's execution. [4] The only source for information about Stephen is the New Testament book of the Acts of the Apostles. [5]
Saint Paul was a Roman citizen tried and executed under Nero. [20] People imprisoned at the Tullianum. Gravestone in Mamertine Prison, with the names of illustrious ...
Saint Paul declared that he was a Roman citizen and therefore deserved to be treated with fairness before the law. Pocock explained that a citizen came to be understood as a person "free to act by law, free to ask and expect the law's protection, a citizen of such and such a legal community, of such and such a legal standing in that community."
The Basilica of Saints John and Paul on the Caelian Hill (Italian: Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo al Celio) is an ancient basilica church in Rome, located on the Caelian Hill. It was originally built in 398. It is home to the Passionists and is the burial place of St. Paul of the Cross.
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