In the days of the persecution of Decius, the proconsul Quintianus, the governor of Sicily, fell in love with Agatha and sought her in marriage. However, the young woman rejected each of his ...

During the persecution under the emperor Decius (249-251), the city prefect of Catania, Quintianus, having heard about Agatha’s wealth and beauty, sent his soldiers after her to bring her to trial as ...

“It is tempting to think that Quintianus placed his altar here so that those making an offering on it would be able to view his navigational works in the valley below,” says the book. Perhaps ...

Deo Cautae / Aur(elius) Sabinus, pa/ter huius loci, / et Bebius Quinti/anus ex voto posu/erunt. Leo vivas / cum Caedicio / patre. Deo Cautae/opathi / Aur(elius) Sabinus, / pater huius loci, / et ...

Equites and Pater at Mithraeum Santo Stefano Rotondo. Pater Aurelius Sabinus, together with leo Bebius Quintianus, dedicated two altars to Cautes and Cautopates found in the Mithraeum S. Stefano ...

A diplomat named Quintianus (a fitting name for a real donkey), decided he could persuade Agatha to give up her vow and marry him. He relentlessly pursued her, but Agatha would not be forced. Angered, ...