St. Alban was a Pagan to begin with. He converted to Christianity due to the profound impact made on him by a priest whom he sheltered. In the end he was put to death, due to his refusal to give up the priest or his new Christian faith.
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Either you mean if Apollo had a religion - which he did not, as a god himself worship another god. Or what the religion that worshiped Apollo was called, the worship of many gods (such as the Greek ones, of which Apollo is one) is called "pagan", the cult worship of Apollo was widespread.
St. Victoria of TivoliVictoria refused to sacrifice to pagan gods and was executed.St. Victoria of TivoliVictoria refused to sacrifice to pagan gods and was executed.St. Victoria of TivoliVictoria refused to sacrifice to pagan gods and was executed.St. Victoria of TivoliVictoria refused to sacrifice to pagan gods and was executed.St. Victoria of TivoliVictoria refused to sacrifice to pagan gods and was executed.St. Victoria of TivoliVictoria refused to sacrifice to pagan gods and was executed.
There was not just one pagan religion, but the head of the mainstream pagan religion in Rome was the emperor.
The decision to make Christianity the official religion of the empire and its subsequent banning of all pagan worship had the big impact on Roman religion.
Pagan beliefs are one type of religion. There are other types of religion, which are not usually considered to be "pagan".
The story is a legend or myth. About all that is known about Saint George is that he was a Roman soldier who was a Christian that refused to worship pagan gods and was martyred for this.
The Romans had no set "religion". They were pantheists up to the reign of Theodosius I who made Christianity mandatory and outlawed pagan worship.The Romans had no set "religion". They were pantheists up to the reign of Theodosius I who made Christianity mandatory and outlawed pagan worship.The Romans had no set "religion". They were pantheists up to the reign of Theodosius I who made Christianity mandatory and outlawed pagan worship.The Romans had no set "religion". They were pantheists up to the reign of Theodosius I who made Christianity mandatory and outlawed pagan worship.The Romans had no set "religion". They were pantheists up to the reign of Theodosius I who made Christianity mandatory and outlawed pagan worship.The Romans had no set "religion". They were pantheists up to the reign of Theodosius I who made Christianity mandatory and outlawed pagan worship.The Romans had no set "religion". They were pantheists up to the reign of Theodosius I who made Christianity mandatory and outlawed pagan worship.The Romans had no set "religion". They were pantheists up to the reign of Theodosius I who made Christianity mandatory and outlawed pagan worship.The Romans had no set "religion". They were pantheists up to the reign of Theodosius I who made Christianity mandatory and outlawed pagan worship.
Puritans refused to celebrate Christmas because they felt it was pagan in origin.
Basically, Catholics worship idols. There are many other components in Catholic religion in common with Paganism which is much older.
Emperor Theodosius declared Christianity the state religion in 380 or 381, and then in 391 banned the public worship of the pagan gods although probably more than half the population were still pagans.
Those that only worship nature are considered pagan by Christians.
Emperor Theodosius (378-395) made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire and banned the public worship of the pagan gods, thus formalising the long persecution of paganism.