Faustina And Jacobita Put To Death, For The Faith, At Brescia; And Elentherus With His Mother Anthia, In Sicily, A.D. 120 About this time several persons were put to death for the name of Christ; as Faustina and Jacobita, at Brescia in Italy; Elentherus with his mother Anthia, and others, at Messina in Sicily, etc.; all of whom, contending steadfastly,…

Phocus, bishop of Sineppe, thrown into a lime kiln filled with boiling water in Pontus, AD 118 Phocas, Bishop of Pontus, Put To Death In A Lime-Kiln, And In Boiling Water, For The Name Of Jesus Christ, At Sinope, About The Year 118 Phocas, a son of Pamphilius, the first bishop of the church in Pontus in the city of…

Justus And Pastor, Slain For The Faith At Complutum, About The Year 116 That Justus and Pastor were deprived of life at Complutum, a city in Spain, for the same reason for which the aforementioned martyrs were slain, namely, for the testimony of Jesus, the Son of God, this we find stated in different ancient writers. See above.

Publius, Barsimaeus, Barbelius, And His Sister Barba, Slain For The Name of Jesus Christ About The Year 112 It is also stated that Publius, bishop of the church at Athens, a good and pious man, was slain for the name of Christ; likewise, Barsimseus, bishop of the church at Edessa, and with him, Barbelius and his sister Barba, who had…

Dionysius Areopagita, Who Was Converted By Paul, Martyred For Confessing Jesus Christ, About The Year 112 We read in the Acts of the Apostles, chap. 17, verse 34, that among those who clave unto the doctrine of Paul, there was also Dionysius, one of the Athenian council, and a woman named Damaris. It is testified of this Dionysius, surnamed the…

Onesimus, A Friend Of The Apostle Paul, Brought From Rome To Ephesus, And There Stoned To Death, A.D. 111 Onesimus, a servant of Philemon, by descent a Colossian, had run away from his master, and had come to Rome, where he was recognized by the apostle Paul—who was imprisoned there—and sent back to his master, with recommendatory letters tending to…