- As for Diocletian; all his efforts to stamp out
Christianity were in vain. And when the persecutions ceased,
it emerged radiant like unto the sun after the tempest.
Unable to pulverise the Christians, he could not
maintain his throne; he lost his power even while he was yet
alive for he died in A.D. 313, while he remained Emperor
until the year 305. In the wake of his atrocities, he became
blind and mentally deranged; and when his own people
deserted him, a saintly, old Christian woman nursed him and
took care of him. By so doing she practiced our Lord's
injunction to do good to those who "spitefully use us and
persecute us".
elle
(Elle)
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