The Great Confessors Who Survived

Since the persecution had only recently ended, many excellent Christians, and many of the confessors who had survived, were an ornament to the churches. Among them were Hosius, bishop of Cordova; Amphion, bishop of Epiphania in Cilicia; Maximus, who succeeded Macarius in the church of Jerusalem; and Paphnutius, an Egyptian. It is said that God worked many miracles through this last man, giving him power over demons and the grace to heal all kinds of sickness. This Paphnutius, and Maximus, whom we have just mentioned, were among the confessors whom Maximin condemned to work in the mines, after putting out their right eyes and crippling their left legs. [a]