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Condemnation to the mines
Harsh Roman sentence for Christians From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Condemnation to the mines (Latin: Ad metalla, "to the mines") was a punishment that was most notably applied to senior Christian figures in the early Christian period in the Roman Empire,[1] when it was called "Damnatio ad metalla".[2] It was also applied to slaves, war captives and criminals.[3] Both Tertullian and Cyprian described it as a type of prolonged killing.[4]
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Notable figures who were punished with condemnation to the mines:
- Pope Pontian (Saint) Died in 235, condemned to mines in Sardinia[5]
- Silvanus of Gaza (Bishop of Gaza) condemned to the copper mines of Phaeno[6]
- Saints Peleus and Nilus, condemned to the copper mines of Phaeno[7]
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