Three martyrs return to their hometown of Guadalajara

4/6/26 - Acquisition - Guadalajara, Museo provincial - One had her teeth pulled out and the other her two eyes. Saint Apollonia of Alexandria, martyred in 249 under Emperor Decius, is often depicted with the instrument of her torture, which she holds calmly, a huge pair of pincers at the end of which attentive observers will discern a molar. After breaking the young woman’s jaw, the executioners placed her before a pyre and threatened to burn her alive if she refused to blaspheme against her God. She ran of her own accord to throw herself into the flames. Saint Lucy of Syracuse, persecuted for her Christian faith under Diocletian between 303 and 310, endured a series of tortures, each more abominable than the last, culminating in the loss of her eyes, which are depicted delicately…