Third-century Roman priest Valentinus was brutally beaten and beheaded after marrying couples in defiance of Emperor Claudius II’s ban on the sacrament of marriage on this day in history, Feb. 14, 270 A.D. “When Valentine’s actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he
Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded for treason in the Great Hall of Fotheringhay Castle in England by order of her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I, on this day in history, Feb. 8, 1587. The Queen of Scotland’s blood-soaked dog refused to leave
Shani Louk, a German-Israeli citizen who was kidnapped by Hamas and paraded unconscious on the back of a truck, as seen in footage of the Oct. 7 massacre, was discovered dead and beheaded, according to Israeli government officials. Israel’s government said in
Israel’s military has discovered unspeakable horrors in an Israeli community that was attacked by Hamas on Saturday, including dozens of dead babies, some with of their heads chopped off, Israeli media reported. According to local Israeli outlet i24News, Israeli Defense Forces (IDF)
The Vatican is formally recognizing 21 Coptic Orthodox workers who were beheaded by Islamic militants in Libya as martyrs with their own feast day, in a significant new ecumenical gesture aimed at forging unity between Catholic and Orthodox churches. Pope Francis announced
A crowd of angry protesters took to Place de la Concorde in Paris on Friday, chanting “We beheaded Louis XVI, Macron we can start again!”, as they burned an effigy of the French President. A day after Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne invoked