Agapitus, Calapodius, Tiburtius, Valerianus, Quiritius, Julia, Cecilia

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Agapitus, Calapodius, Tiburtius, Valerianus, Quiritius, Julia, Cecilia

AGAPITUS, CALAPODIUS, TIBURTIUS, VALERIANUS, QUIRITIUS, JULIA, CECILIA, MARTINA, AND OTHERS, PUT TO DEATH FOR THE NAME OF CHRIST, ABOUT THE YEAR 223

It is stated that in the last persecution resumed under Alexandrinus Severus there were put to death, among various other people, for the name of Jesus Christ and the testimony of the evangelical truth, Agapitus, a young man of fifteen years; Calapodius, an elder (of whom P. J. Twisck writes, though two years earlier than J. Gysius, that he was arrested for the doctrine of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and, refusing to sacrifice to the heathen gods, was dragged with great disgrace through the city of Rome, and drowned in the Tiber. 3rd book, page 59, column 2, from Bergomens, book 8.); Tiburtius and Valerianus, two brothers, were likewise put to death, as well as Quiritius and his mother Julia, and Cecilia and Martina, both of them virgins; all of whom were put to death for the name of Jesus Christ, either in the water, or in the fire, or by the sword, or in some other way. See Joh. Gys., folio 19, column 1.