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Religious Persecution in Italy
Episode 88
Monday, 12 January, 2026
Did you know that as late as 1850, people in Italy could still be arrested for owning a Bible and imprisoned for giving Bibles to others? This is what happened to a Florentine couple who were arrested for owning two copies of the Bible, and were imprisoned under suspicion that they were reading it or distributing it to others. And this was not an isolated story. The Roman Catholic Church could even kidnap children from Jewish or Protestant families! How did Protestants survive this difficult time, and when did it end? Find out answers to all this and more as Grace, Sean, and Isaac talk with Dr. Mario Cignoni, General Secretary of the Bible Society in Italy and author of many books. Show notes Articles written by Simonetta Carr about this time period: https://placefortruth.org/francesco-and-rosa-madiai/ https://placefortruth.org/bible-italy-council-trent-italian-republic/
