Concordius of Spoleto

-Biography
Concordius lived in the 2nd century and was ordained a subdeacon by Pope Pius I in Rome. He was reclusive and spent most of his time alone praying. He was imprisoned during the Christian persecutions of Marcus Aurelius. He refused to denounce his faith and worship a statue of the Roman god Jupiter. After he refused, the judge beat him on a rack. When the torture was finished, he praised Jesus and was thrown in jail. He was offered a second chance to worship the statue but he spat on it, to which he was promptly beheaded in the year 175.