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- Martyr Agapius and seven with him (303)
- These holy Martyrs contested during the reign of Diocletian
284-305), in Palestinian Caesarea. All eight were very young; only
Agapius was a baptized Christian. Urbanus, the governor of the region,
observed a pagan festival by having some Christians publicly tortured
and executed: some by fire, others on the gallows, some by being thrown
to wild beasts in the arena. Six of the youths (Timolaus, Dionysius,
Romulus, Plesius, and two named Alexander), seeing the patience and
serenity with which the Christians endured their torments, were reached
by the Holy Spirit and, tying their own hands, presented themselves to
Urbanus saying 'We too are Christians!' They were immediately cast into
prison. A few days later Agapius, a prominent Christian in that town,
also presented himself along with a second Dionysius. All eight were
beheaded together at Caesarea. Their martyrdom is recorded in Eusebius'
Ecclesiastical History.
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