St. Agnes Smirks, St. Theodore Grabs a Torch. . .

In working on classwork, I stumbled upon a commentary of Church Fathers which pointed me to someone else which led me to read about this person, who . . . and so on. St. Theodore of Amasea makes me smile broadly, and I'm sad this little snippet couldn't have come in a timely manner (his feast-day is 9 November). This is from NewAdvent.org's article on the matter, - and I'm not sure which is richer, St. Theodore or NewAdvent's austere treatment: 'When the edict against the Christians was issued by the emperors, [St. Theodore] was brought before the Court at Amasea and asked to offer sacrifice to the gods. Theodore, however, denied their existence and made a noble profession of his belief in the Divinity of Jesus Christ. The judges, pretending pity for his youth, gave him time for reflection. This he employed in burning the Temple of Cybele. He was again taken prisoner, and after many cruel torments was burned at the stake.' What can be added? -r