Firmilian

Being himself convicted of crimes, Urbanus was capitally punished in Caesarea, the scene of his cruelties, and by the same Maximin, of whose imperial savageness he had been the minister.

In the sixth year of the persecution, of the great multitude of Christian sufferers in Thabais, near a hundred were selected to be sent to Palestine, and were adjudged by Firmilian, the successor of Urbanus, to be lamed in the left foot, and to lose the right eye, and in that state to be condemned to the mines.

The three persons also who had been condemned to fight with one another for refusing to learn the new business of a gladiator imposed on them were doomed by Maximin himself, with some others, to the same punishments as the persons transported from Thabais.

Some persons were apprehended at Gaza for meeting together to hear the Scripture read, and were punished with the loss of a limb and an eye, or in a still more cruel manner.

After the persecution had paused some time, it was renewed with fresh violence by the edicts of Maximin.

The temples were repaired, men were compelled to sacrifice everywhere, all things sold in the markets were polluted with libations, and persons were placed at the public baths to force men to idolatrous compliances.

Three believers, Antoninus, Zabenus, and Germanus, threw themselves into the hands of Firmilian and were capitally punished.

Eusebius, in his usual manner, commends their overforward zeal.

Being himself convicted of crimes, Urbanus was capitally punished in Caesarea, the scene of his cruelties, and by the same Maximin, of whose imperial savageness he had been the minister.

In the sixth year of the persecution, of the great multitude of Christian sufferers in Thebase, near a hundred were selected to be sent to Palestine, and were adjudged by Firmilian, the successor of Urbanus, to be lamed in the left foot, and to lose the right eye, and in that state to be condemned to the mines.

The three persons also who had been condemned to fight with one another for refusing to learn the new business of a gladiator imposed on them were doomed by Maximin himself, with some others, to the same punishments as the persons transported from Thebase.

Some persons were apprehended at Gaza for meeting together to hear the scripture read, and were punished with the loss of a limb and an eye, or in a still more cruel manner.

Men were compelled to sacrifice everywhere.

All things sold in the markets were polluted with libations, and persons were placed at the public baths to force men to idolatrous compliances.

Three believers, Antoninus, Zabenus, and Germanus, threw themselves into the hands of Firmilian and were capitally punished.

Eusebius, in his usual manner, commends their overforward zeal.

Being himself convicted of crimes, Urbanus was capitally punished in Caesarea, the scene of his cruelties, and by the same Maximin, of whose imperial savageness he had been the minister.

In the sixth year of the persecution, of the great multitude of Christian sufferers in Thebase, near a hundred were selected to be sent to Palestine, and were adjudged by Firmilian, the successor of Urbanus, to be lamed in the left foot, and to lose the right eye, and in that state to be condemned to the mines.

The three persons also who had been condemned to fight with one another, for refusing to learn the new business of a gladiator imposed on them, were doomed by Maximin himself, with some others to the same punishments as the persons transported from Thebase.

Some persons were apprehended at Gaza for meeting together to hear the scripture read, and were punished with the loss of a limb and an eye, or in a still more cruel manner.

After the persecution had paused some time, it was renewed with fresh violence by the edicts of Maximin.

The temples were repaired, men were compelled to sacrifice everywhere, all things sold in the markets were polluted with libations, and persons were placed at the public baths to force men to idolatrous compliances.

Three believers, Antoninus, Zabenus and Germanus, threw themselves into the hands of Firmilian and were capitally punished.

Eusebius, in his usual manner, commends their overforward zeal.