The Early Martyrs

Starting this Saturday June 29th – the Feast of St Peter and St Paul!

Regina Angelorum Press is pleased to present The Early Martyrs, from the Apostles to Saints Perpetua and Felicitas, AD. 206 by Mrs Hope.

Mrs Anne Hope was a British writer, born in the early 19th Century. She converted to Catholicism in 1850 and later moved to Birmingham, to be near her literary advisor Father Dalgairns and his good friend St John Henry Newman. The Early Martyrs was published in 1855.

Listen and follow along to Mrs Hope’s book. Hear of the lives and deaths of these inspiring Saints, demonstrating heroic virtue and witnessing to the one, true Faith. May they inspire us and intercede for us all in our daily trials.

Introduction & Chapter 1

Persecution of the First Christians

Chapter 2

Sts Mary Magdalen, Martha, Lazarus, Joseph of Arimethea

Chapter 3

St James the Great

Chapter 4

St James the Lesser

Chapter 5

St Phillip ~ St Matthias

Chapter 6

St Peter at Rome

Chapter 7

St Nazarius and St Celsus

Chapter 8

St Peter & St Paul

Chapter 9

St Mark

Chapter 10

Sts Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, Simon & Jude

Chapter 11

Second Persecution

Chapter 12

St Flavia Domitilla

Chapter 13

St Andrew

Chapter 14

St John the Evangelist

Chapter 15

St Simeon

Chapter 16

St Ignatius

Chapter 17

St Clement

Chapter 18

St Symphorosa

Chapter 19

Martyrs of Lyons and Vienne

Chapter 20

St Felicitas and Her Sons

Chapter 21

St Polycarp

Chapter 22

Fifth Persecution