Andreu Muñoz, archaeologist and president of Associació Cultural Sant Fructuós: “Tarragona was once the early Christian’s landmark in Hispania”
January 259 AD. Fructuosus, Bishop of Tarraco, and deacons Augurius and Eulogius are burned alive on a stake in the Amphitheatre. Roman Emperor, Valerian, has promulgated laws that allow for Christians to be persecuted, and the execution of their spiritual leaders is a true catastrophe for the community existing in Tarragona. However, the martyrdom of […]
