Eugenius, Auxentius, Maodatius, and Many Others, in the Year 311

Eugenius, because he confessed Christ and had reproved the wickedness of the heathen, had his tongue cut out and his arms and legs broken, and so departed this life, steadfastly continuing in the Lord.

Auxentius, a deacon of the Christian church at Auracea, in Asia, was beheaded for the same reason, for the faith in Christ.

Maodatius was hung up by his toes, and, after being pierced with red-hot awls and burned with torches, was deprived of life, for the testimony of Jesus.

Besides these, many others were put to death for the faith, whose names cannot be given; so we shall content ourselves with those already mentioned. See J. Gys., folio 27, column 4, at the foot, and folio 28, column 1.

In the Introduction to the Martyrs' Mirror, folios 44 and 45, there are mentioned, besides the ten general persecutions which we have described, two others, there called the eleventh and the twelfth persecutions; of which the first is said to have begun in the year 316, under Lucinius, who, together with Constantine the Great, reigned in the east; and the second in the year 362, under Julian the Apostate. But since other eminent writers do not call these persecutions general ones, we shall give no special account of them; however, if any true martyrs were put to death at that time, we hope to mention each one in his proper place. Under Lucinius, the following persons laid down their lives for the faith in the Son of God, according to the testimony of the ancients.