St Anthony Neyrot

Anthony Neyrot in Italy but when he was old enough, he moved to Florence to become a priest in the Dominican Order. When he was sailing from Naples to Sicily, he was captured by pirates and taken to northern Africa where he was sold as a slave. He was eventually set free but he had lost his faith in Jesus while he was a slave. He gave up his Catholic beliefs and joined the Muslim faith, which does not believe Jesus is the Son of God, and he also got married. Then one day he had a dream and realized that he had made a mistake. He sent his wife back to her family and put on his Dominican habit (the special clothes that Dominicans wear). Anthony then went to the ruler of the city and admitted to everyone who was there that he had made a mistake in turning his back on Jesus. He told them that he loved Jesus and believed in His teachings. The crowd became very angry and threw large stones at him until Anthony died a martyr for his faith in Jesus.