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Nov. iS,] SS. Gurias, Samonas, and Abibus. 335
attached to the feet. They hung thus without crying out
for several hours. When they fainted, they were cast into
the barathrum of the prison, where the sewers discharged
their foul contents. In this fetid hole, without light or
sufficient food, they were kept during three days. On the
10th of November they were again brought before the
magistrate. They manifested such firmness that the prefect lost his temper, and gave orders fhat Samonas should
have his knee bent, a strap of iron passed round his thigh
and shin so as to hold the leg bent, and then that the martyr
should be hung up by the foot of the bent leg, and an iron
weight attached to the other. This command seemed so
cruel even to the executioners that they urged Samonas to
escape the infliction of it, by sacrificing to the gods. Gurias
was not thus treated : he was a man of a delicate frame and
constitution, and the sufferings he had already undergone
had almost killed him; After Samonas had endured the
horrible agony some while, Musonius ordered them both to
be decapitated, and this, order was immediately executed,
November 10th, about the year 299.
Several years after, under Licinius, Abibus, deacon of
Edessa, finding that Licinius was determined on persecuting
the Christians, and that his officers were seeking him, delivered himself up to Theotechnus, one of them. Theo-
technus bade him quietly run away and hide, as he did not
want to be forced to deliver him up; but Abibus, thirsting
for martyrdom, refused to do so. Theotechnus was obliged
therefore to lead him before Lysanius, the governor, who
ordered him to be burnt alive. When the fire went out, his
mother drew from it his half-consumed body, and buried it
with those of Gurias and Samonas.
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| Title | The lives of the saints - 13 |
| Creator | Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine) |
| Publisher | J. Grant |
| Place of Publication | Edinburgh |
| Date | 1914 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000393 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | Nov. iS,] SS. Gurias, Samonas, and Abibus. 335 attached to the feet. They hung thus without crying out for several hours. When they fainted, they were cast into the barathrum of the prison, where the sewers discharged their foul contents. In this fetid hole, without light or sufficient food, they were kept during three days. On the 10th of November they were again brought before the magistrate. They manifested such firmness that the prefect lost his temper, and gave orders fhat Samonas should have his knee bent, a strap of iron passed round his thigh and shin so as to hold the leg bent, and then that the martyr should be hung up by the foot of the bent leg, and an iron weight attached to the other. This command seemed so cruel even to the executioners that they urged Samonas to escape the infliction of it, by sacrificing to the gods. Gurias was not thus treated : he was a man of a delicate frame and constitution, and the sufferings he had already undergone had almost killed him; After Samonas had endured the horrible agony some while, Musonius ordered them both to be decapitated, and this, order was immediately executed, November 10th, about the year 299. Several years after, under Licinius, Abibus, deacon of Edessa, finding that Licinius was determined on persecuting the Christians, and that his officers were seeking him, delivered himself up to Theotechnus, one of them. Theo- technus bade him quietly run away and hide, as he did not want to be forced to deliver him up; but Abibus, thirsting for martyrdom, refused to do so. Theotechnus was obliged therefore to lead him before Lysanius, the governor, who ordered him to be burnt alive. When the fire went out, his mother drew from it his half-consumed body, and buried it with those of Gurias and Samonas. ft- < ft |
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