And he said to all, "If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me."

Luke 9:23

"We were in the hands of our persecutors, when my father, out of the affection he bore me, made new efforts to shake my resolution. I said to him: 'Can that vessel, which you see, change its name?' He said: 'No.' I replied: 'Nor can I call myself any other than I am, that is to say, a Christian.'"

- Saint Perpetua (d. 203)