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According to Irenaeus (died about 202), Ignatius of Antioch was fed to the lions in Rome around 107 A.D. and although Irenaeus says nothing about this happening at the Colosseum, tradition ascribes it to that place

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Address: Colosseum, Celio, Municipio Roma I
Rome
Lazio
00184
Italy

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