This act was performed on Rusticus and Eleutherius at the end of their lives, alongside a member of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. This act gives a descriptive name for a deity sometimes called Ai Apaec, who is usually shown with four fangs, a human head, and a spider or jaguar 
This act was performed on Rusticus and Eleutherius at the end of their lives, alongside a member of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. This act gives a descriptive name for a deity sometimes called Ai Apaec, who is usually shown with four fangs, a human head, and a spider or jaguar body on Moche artifacts from Peru. During 3rd century CE persecutions, a victim of this act in Gaul then walked for six miles making a speech about repentance; that legendary survivor of it was Saint Denis, the patron saint of France. In the New Testament, a byproduct of this act was displayed on a silver plate by Herod the Tetrarch in return for the "dance of the seven veils" by his stepdaughter Salome. For 10 points, name this method of execution used to kill John the Baptist.