[Don't get me wrong, I love all things french and have some sympathy for their stoic resistance to anglicizing the world, but until a really competent translator is available (yes, google I'm looking at you - you promised!) we generally miss out on a lot of information -- for those of us, like me, who must rely upon our distant schoolboy french.] But this is a wonderful site!
The Legend of St. Eustachius
In the 2nd century A.D. Roman general Placidius saw a vision of Jesus between a stag's horns and converted to christianity, changing his name at baptism. Thereafter he and his family were subjected to faith-testing calamities. Ultimately when he refused to engage in a pagan sacrifice, the emperor Hadrian condemned Eustace and his family to die by roasting inside the iron bull. Or so the oft'-depicted-in-the-middle-ages story goes.{The image is from the late 15th century}
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