Aedesius, Brother of the Aforementioned Apphian, in the Year 304

Shortly after the death of the martyrs Apphian and Ulpian, the enemies of the divine and Christian truth laid their hands on Aedesius, the brother of Apphian. After he made many excellent confessions for the name of the Lord, he was sentenced to be sent as a slave to the mines of Palestine.

At last, in the city of Alexandria, he happened to see the Proconsul sentence Christians to death, sometimes heap many indignities on aged persons, and practice other wickedness. He boldly went into the court to the judge and openly reproved him for the unjust and wicked sentences he passed on innocent Christians. For this he was tormented most unmercifully, and he bore those pains meekly and no less steadfastly. He was then thrown into the sea and drowned, just as had been done with his brother. See the books cited above.