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SAINTS SERGIUS & BACCHUS (303 ce)

Sergius and Bacchus were Roman soldiers honored as martyrs. They were discovered to be Christians when they refused to worship the god Jupiter. Bacchus was beaten to death first, but according to legend he appeared to Sergius the next day in his prison cell and promised him: “If I have been taken from you in body, I am still with you in the bond of union”. Sergius was tortured and killed soon after. The two men had been united in a rite called adelphopoiesis, which some scholars believe may have been a type of same-sex union.
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~Man-Of-Few-Words Mar 23, 2013  New member  Writer
They were also described as 'erastai' meaning lovers.
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Mood: Love *Zaera-D Nov 12, 2012   Digital Artist
I adore all of these, but this one is my favourite. The composition is beautiful.
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~MykulTheGrey Aug 24, 2011   Photographer
oh, and P.S. This piece IS beautiful.
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~lasersforeyes Jan 29, 2011
This is beautiful. Also, to refute an above comment, there is no way for us to know that "they weren't gay," or that they were. What is clear is that they shared a very deep bond, and that's all we can know.

This is an amazing piece of art...it's goin' on my favorites!
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~MercuriusTJ Dec 16, 2010  Hobbyist Digital Artist
I love your work. I also the history behind the art.

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For Love, Nature and Life
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~godofwarlover Dec 16, 2010
I think they could have been gay. Bastards like Fred Phelps should consider looking up David and Jonathan and these two
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Mood: Love !shezakiller Mar 3, 2010
This is beautiful. I love this whole series. Contrary to the excuses some apologists make, there have been many gay Christians and saints throughout history. St. Anselm is a prominent example. Even Jesus had his beloved John.
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~hokidave Dec 13, 2009
well impressive work.
they weren't gay but greatly drawn pic
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~Eshto Dec 13, 2009  Professional Digital Artist
Some historians, like John Boswell, believe they were.
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~hokidave Dec 13, 2009
some historians are so desperate to prove modern political points that they grasp at straws. There were comrades, not lovers. Something which hardly exists in the modern world, murdered by the radical purtians and just as much so by their ultra-liberal counter-parts. Like Roland and Oliver, the love of two men bound by common mission and friendship, nothing to do with sex. All too common for most of history, of anything a better variation of love than the degenerate form that survives in the modern world. And to go though history taking examples of it and distorting it, naming it as something other than it is is one of the great tragedies of modern liberal history.
They were not lovers and until very recently there has never been any suggestion that they had been, what they had was more than that, higher than that and theres no reason to drag them down to it.
And again bloody good pic, i like the style of it and how within the it the clothes look as though once real. Great work.
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