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being ordered to sacrifice, he resisted, raised high naked upon a wooden rack, his body was so torn by scourges, that the bones were already visible as the flesh had fallen away; and since he was unswerving while suffering these things, they mixed vinegar with salt and poured it over the mangled parts of his body; and since he was superior even to these pains, he was placed on a red-hot gridiron; and so, little by little, as the fire consumed the remaining parts of his flesh, victorious, he gave up his soul in the midst of the tortures. Dorotheus and Gorgonius, they too being of the imperial household, along with many others, after manifold struggles, exchanged their life by the noose, and carried away the prizes of the divine victory. At the same time, Anthimus, who presided over the Church in Nicomedia, for his testimony to Christ, was beheaded; and to him was added an almost countless multitude of martyrs. For when a fire broke out in the palace at Nicomedia in those very days, a report having been spread that the blaze was attempted by the Christians, by imperial command, in heaps, some of the godly there were slaughtered with swords, others were given over to the fire, and others were cast into the depths of the sea, and so being perfected in every way, not even after their end were they deemed worthy of the customary burial; but their remains being burned in the fire, the dust was scattered to the wind, or cast into the sea. And the same things were done against the Christians in every province; but it flourished especially in Phoenicia and Syria, Egypt and the Thebaid, and Africa and the nation of the Moors. But to recount by name those who strove gloriously in such provinces, and to enumerate their multitude, and the various ways of their perfection, knowing it to be difficult and altogether impossible, I shall make mention of a few of the most distinguished. Lucian, a presbyter from Antioch, excellent his entire life, and having been most renowned in learning, having been brought to Nicomedia while the emperor was present, was condemned to live in prison; and while living there, he exchanged his life, having been starved by lack of necessities; and he was from Antioch in Coele-Syria. Of the martyrs in Phoenicia, Tyrannion, bishop of the Church in Tyre, was first, and Zenobius, a presbyter of the one in Sidon, and also Silvanus, bishop of the churches around Emesa (this one, with others, had become food for wild beasts in Emesa itself). Both of the aforementioned glorified the Word of God in Antioch until death, the bishop, having been given over to the depths of the sea, and Zenobius, the best of physicians, dying steadfastly in the tortures inflicted upon his sides. Of the martyrs in Palestine, Silvanus, bishop of 20.1532 Gaza, at the copper mines in Phoenicia, with others, thirty-nine in number, was beheaded. And there the Egyptians, Peleus and Nilus, bishops, with others, endured death by fire; and Pamphilus at that time, being a presbyter of Caesarea in Palestine, having contended splendidly, is adorned with divine martyrdom. Of those who were illustriously perfected in Alexandria and throughout all of Egypt, and the Thebaid, among the first was Peter, bishop of Alexandria itself, and of the presbyters with him, Faustus, and Dius, and Ammonius, perfect martyrs of Christ, and Phileas and Hesychius, and Pachymius, and Theodorus, bishops of the churches in Egypt. At the same time, a certain town situated in Phrygia, because, indeed, all its inhabitants to a man confessed themselves to be Christians, the soldiers took it over, and setting a fire, burned them along with their wives and infants, as they were crying out to Christ. And a certain other man of Roman dignity, Adauctus by name, of a distinguished family among the Italians, of the first

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κελευόμενος θύειν ἐνίστατο, μετάρσιος ἀρθεὶς ἐπὶ ξύλου γυμνὸς, μάστιξιν εἰς τοσοῦτον κατεξάνθη τὸ σῶμα, ὡς καὶ τὰ ὀστᾶ τῶν σαρκῶν ἤδη ἐκλελοιπότων ἐκφαίνεσθαι· ὡς δὲ καὶ ταῦτα πάσχων ἀδιάτρεπτος ἦν, ὄξος ἅλατι φύραντες, κατὰ τῶν διασαπέντων τοῦ σώματος μερῶν ἐνέχεον· ὡς δὲ καὶ τούτων ἀνώτερος τῶν ἀλγηδόνων ὑπῆρχεν, ἐσχάρᾳ πεπυρακτωμένῃ ἐπιτίθεται· καὶ οὕτω κατὰ μικρὸν τοῦ πυρὸς τὰ λειπόμενα τῶν κρεῶν ἐπινειμαμένου, νικηφόρος ἐν αὐταῖς παρέδωκε τὴν ψυχὴν ταῖς βασάνοις. ∆ωρόθεος καὶ Γοργόνιος, τῆς βασιλικῆς οἰκετείας καὶ αὐτοὶ ὄντες, ἑτέροις ἅμα πλείοσι μετὰ πολυτρόπους ἀγῶνας βρόχῳ τὴν ζωὴν μεταλλάξαντες, τῆς ἐνθέου νίκης ἀπηνέγκαντο τὰ βραβεῖα. Ὑπὸ τὸν αὐτὸν χρόνον, Ἄνθιμος τῆς κατὰ Νικομήδειαν προεστὼς Ἐκκλησίας, διὰ τὴν εἰς Χριστὸν μαρτυρίαν, τὴν κεφαλὴν ἀποτέμνεται· τούτῳ δὲ πλῆθος σχεδὸν ἀναρίθμητον μαρτύρων προστίθεται. Ἐν γὰρ τοῖς κατὰ Νικομήδειαν βασιλείοις πυρκαϊᾶς ἐν ταύταις δὴ ταῖς ἡμέραις ἁφθείσης, λόγου διαδοθέντος ὑπὸ Χριστιανῶν ἐπιχειρηθῆναι τὰ τῆς φλογὸς σωρηδὸν κατὰ πρόσταξιν βασιλικὴν, οἱ μὲν τῶν τῇδε θεοσεβῶν ξίφεσιν ἀπεσφάττοντο, οἱ δὲ πυρὶ παρεδίδοντο, ἄλλοι δὲ τοῖς θαλαττίοις ἐναπεῤῥίπτοντο βυθοῖς, καὶ οὕτω παντὶ τρόπῳ τελειούμενοι, οὐδὲ μετὰ τέλος τῆς νενομισμένης ἠξιοῦντο ταφῆς· ἀλλὰ πυρὶ τῶν λειψάνων αὐτῶν καιομένων, ἡ κόνις τῷ ἀέρι ἐνελικμᾶτο, ἢ τῇ θαλάσσῃ ἐναπεῤῥίπτετο. Τὰ αὐτὰ δὲ καὶ κατὰ πᾶσαν ἐπαρχίαν κατὰ Χριστιανῶν ἐπράττετο· ἤκμαζε δὲ μάλιστα κατὰ Φοινίκην τε καὶ Συρίαν, Αἴγυπτόν τε καὶ Θηβαΐδα, καὶ Ἀφρικὴν καὶ τὸ Μαύρων ἔθνος. Ἐξ ὀνόματος δὲ καταλέγειν τοὺς ἐν ταῖς τοιαύταις ἐπαρχίαις εὐδοκίμως ἀθλήσαντας, καὶ τὸ πλῆθος αὐτῶν, καὶ τοὺς ποικίλους τῆς τελειώσεως τρόπους ἐπαριθμεῖσθαι ἄπορον εἰδὼς καὶ καθόλου ἀδύνατον, ὀλίγων τινῶν τῶν ἐπισημοτάτων μνησθήσομαι. Λουκιανὸς ἐξ Ἀντιοχείας πρεσβύτερος, τὸν πάντα βίον ἄριστος, καὶ περὶ λόγους εὐδοκιμώτατος γεγονὼς, ἐν Νικομηδείᾳ βασιλέως ἐπιπαρόντος ἀχθεὶς, δεσμωτήριον οἰκεῖν κατακρίνεται· κἀν τούτῳ διάγων, τῇ τῶν ἀναγκαίων ἐνδείᾳ λιμοκτονηθεὶς μετήλλαξε τὴν ζωήν· καὶ οὗτος μὲν ἐξ Ἀντιοχείας τῆς κατὰ τὴν Κοίλην Συρίαν. Τῶν δ' ἐπὶ Φοινίκης μαρτύρων, Τυραννίων ἐπίσκοπος τῆς κατὰ Τύρον Ἐκκλησίας πρώτιστος ἦν, πρεσβύτερός τε τῆς κατὰ Σιδῶνα Ζηνόβιος, καὶ ἔτι Σιλβανὸς τῶν ἀμφὶ τὴν Ἔμεσσαν ἐκκλησιῶν ἐπίσκοπος (θηρίων δ' οὗτος μεθ' ἑτέρων ἐπ' αὐτῆς Ἐμέσσης ἐγεγόνει βορά). Ἄμφω δὲ οἱ προειρημένοι ἐπ' Ἀντιοχείας τὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ Λόγον μέχρι θανάτου ἐδοξάτην, ὁ μὲν θαλαττίοις παραδοθεὶς βυθοῖς ὁ ἐπίσκοπος, ὁ δὲ ἰατρῶν ἄριστος Ζηνόβιος ταῖς κατὰ τῶν πλευρῶν ἐπιτεθείσαις αὐτῷ καρτερῶς ἐναποθανὼν βασάνοις. Τῶν δ' ἐπὶ Παλαιστίνης μαρτύρων, Σιλβανὸς ἐπίσκοπος 20.1532 Γάζης, κατὰ τὰ ἐν Φοινίκῃ χαλκοῦ μέταλλα, σὺν ἑτέροις, ἑνὸς δέοντος, τὸν ἀριθμὸν τεσσαράκοντα, τὴν κεφαλὴν ἀποτέμνεται. Αἰγύπτιοί τε αὐτόθι Πηλεὺς καὶ Νεῖλος, ἐπίσκοποι, μεθ' ἑτέρων τὴν διὰ πυρὸς ὑπέμειναν τελευτήν· καὶ Πάμφιλος δὲ τότε, πρεσβύτερος ὢν Καισαρείας τῆς κατὰ Παλαιστίνην, θείῳ μαρτυρίῳ κατακοσμεῖται λαμπρῶς ἀγωνισάμενος. Τῶν δ' ἐπ' Ἀλεξανδρείας καθ' ὅλης τε τῆς Αἰγύπτου, καὶ Θηβαΐδος διαπρεπῶς τελειωθέντων, ἐν πρώτοις ἦν Πέτρος αὐτῆς Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος, καὶ τῶν σὺν αὐτῷ πρεσβυτέρων Φαῦστος, καὶ ∆ῖος, καὶ Ἀμμώνιος, τέλειοι Χριστοῦ μάρτυρες, Φιλέας τε καὶ Ἡσύχιος, καὶ Παχύμιος, καὶ Θεόδωρος, τῶν κατ' Αἴγυπτον ἐκκλησιῶν ἐπίσκοποι. Κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν χρόνον, πολίχνην τινὰ κατὰ τὴν Φρυγίαν κειμένην, ὅτι δὴ πανδημεὶ πάντες οἱ ταύτην οἰκοῦντες Χριστιανοὺς σφᾶς ὡμολόγουν, παραλαβόντες οἱ στρατιῶται, πῦρ τε ὑφάψαντες κατέφλεξαν αὐτοὺς ἅμα γυναιξὶ καὶ νηπίοις, τὸν Χριστὸν ἐπιβοωμένους. Καί τις ἕτερος Ῥωμαϊκῆς ἀξίας ἐπειλημμένος Ἄδαυκτος τοὔνομα, γένους τῶν παρ' Ἰταλοῖς ἐπισήμων, τῆς πρώτης