Saint Euphemia, the All-praised, martyred 307 AD. Sainte-Euphemie, Christian virgin martyr saint. Tortured and then thrown to wild animals in an arena at Chalcedon. Depicted with a flaming pyre. Copperplate stipple engraving from Mr. M. E’s Les Jeunes Martyres de la Foi Chretienne, Young Martyrs of the Christian Faith, Francois Janet, Paris, 1819.

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