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During which Roman emperor’s reign was St. Ignatius of Antioch condemned to execution?
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St. Ignatius of Antioch
Painting of St. Ignatius of Antioch, tempera and oil paint on panel by an anonymous artist, 1400–99.
St. Ignatius of Antioch was condemned to execution during the reign of the Roman emperor Trajan, who ruled from 98 to 117 CE.1
According to the Ecclesiastical History written by Eusebius of Caesarea, Ignatius was arrested and sentenced to be thrown to wild beasts in the Roman arena. While the exact year of his death is not definitively recorded, Eusebius dates the event to 107 or 108 CE, and other historical accounts place his death around 110 CE.123