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During the reign of Roman emperor Nero, the city of Rome was nearly destroyed by a disastrous fire that some say Nero, himself, started. Nero had no use for the early Christian Church and decided to blame the fire on them. Christians were arrested, tortured and killed, including St. Peter.

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