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- Martyr Thalelaeus at Aegae in Cilicia and those with him (327)
- The holy Thalelaeus is counted as one of the Unmercenary Physicians.
He was a physician, born in Lebanon to a Berucius (a bishop) and
Romylia. During the persecutions by the Emperor Numerian, he fled to
Cilicia, but was captured and brought before Theodore, the governor.
When Thalelaeus boldly confessed Christ, the cruel governor ordered two
soldier, Alexander and Asterius, to bore holes through his leg-bones,
pass a rope through them, and hang him from a tree. But the
executioners, by the power of God, were momentarily deprived of their
wits and bored through a wooden plank instead, which they hung in the
tree. The governor angrily ordered that the soldiers be flogged; during
their flogging they cried out: 'The Lord is alive to us; from now on,
we are become Christians. We believe in Christ, and suffer for Him.'
Hearing these words, the governor ordered that both be beheaded. He
then seized their awl and attempted to bore through Thalelaeus' legs
himself; but his hand suddenly became paralyzed. The compassionate
physician prayed to Christ and healed his persecutor' hand. His heart
still hardened, the governor next ordered that the Saint be thrown into
water and drowned; but he survived. Next he was thrown to wild beasts,
but they licked his feet and rubbed tamely against him. Finally the
holy Martyr was beheaded.
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