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The saint for June 01
St. Justin Martyr
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| Born around 100 at Nablus, Palestine
Died 165
St. Justin converted to Christianity at age thirty. He had a very sharp mind, and was highly regarded as an intellectual. He opened a school in Rome where he practiced apologetics. He was beheaded for refuseing to burn incense and sacrifice to the gods; a detailed record of his fateful interview with the prefect Rusticus survives. I especially love St. Justin's words, "No one who is right-thinking stoops from true worship to false worship". |
| Patron of--Philosophers, Apologists, Orators |
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