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Massa Candida

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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The Roman Martyrology records 300 Christians at Carthage (c.253) who hurled themselves into a vat of burning lime rather than burn incense to Jupiter. Their fame was perpetuated by Saint Augustine and the poet Prudentius. Commemorated, August 24,.

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Entry for 'Massa Candida'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​m/massa-candida.html. 1910.
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