Be it known!
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Be it known that the number of armed soldiers were 150,those who trailed me while I was bound were 23.The executioners of justice were 83;the blows recieved to my head were 150; those on my stomach,108; kicks on my shoulder,80.I was led,bound with cords by the hair,24 times; spits in the face were 180; I was beaten on the body 6666 times; beaten on the head,110 times.I was roughly pushed, and at 12o'clock was lifted up by the hair;pricked with thorns and pulled by the beard 23 times;recieved 20 wounds on the head;thorns of marine junks,72;pricks of thorns in the head,110;mortal thorns in the forehead,3.I was afterwards flogged and dressed as a mocked king;wounds in the body,1000.The soldiers who led me to Calvary were 608;those who watched me were 3,and those who mocked me were 1008; the drops of blood which I lost were 28,430.
Benedetta DA.S.S., Pope Leo XII, In Roma 5 Aprile 1890.
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