A picture of Taxco's Santa Prisca's church. Taxco is a pretty old colonial town on the west of Sierra Madre del Sur. Famous for its silver mines, the town is full of jewelers (more than 200 of them have their shops here). A short trip from Ixtapan de la Sal. I went there with Kika a year ago. A charming little place that I wouldn't mind to visit again...
I'm sorry that I had to copy-paste Prisca's story for you (this is taken from Wikipedia). It makes up for an interesting reading...
Prisca was of a noble family and at thirteen years of age was accused of Christianity before Emperor Claudius. By his command she was taken to the temple of Apollo to sacrifice there, and when she refused, was buffeted and sent to prison. She was released from prison, but when she still held steadfastly to the faith, they flogged her, poured boiling tallow upon her, and sent her back a second time. She was at last thrown to a lion in the amphitheater, but it quietly lay down at her feet. She was starved for three days in a slaves' prison house, and then tortured upon the rack. Pieces of flesh were next torn from her body with iron hooks, and she was thrown on a burning pile. She miraculously still remained alive, and was accordingly beheaded outside the city.
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