Cypriana+Bustia

=Cypriana Bustia= =17th Century= = =

"I would rather renouce life, or turn dog," Cypriana Bastia replied to the Roman Church officials, who asked him to recant his Protestant beliefs. In response to his refusal he was starved in prison and then fed to dogs in the city streets. Bastia was ond of many martyred Waldensians in the Piedmont Valleys. The Waldensians refused to follow the Roman Church's teachings and thus were greatly persecuted. His story is recounted in Southwell's New Book of Martyrs.

Text taken from The Christian Heritage Center, The Crown College Picture taken from, The Christian Heritage Center, The Crown College