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The Passion of St. Symphorosa and Her Seven Sons

Julius Africanus

Section 3

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Author: Julius Africanus

3. Then, on another day, the

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Emperor

Adrian

ordered

all

her

seven

sons

to

be

brought

before

him

in

company

;

and

when

he

had

challenged

them

to

sacrifice

to

idols

,

and

perceived

that

they

yielded

by

no

means

to

his

threats

and

terrors

,

he

ordered

seven

stakes

to

be

fixed

around

the

temple

of

Hercules

,

and

commanded

them

to

be

stretched

on

the

blocks

there

.

And

he

ordered

Crescens

,

the

first

,

to

be

transfixed

in

the

throat

;

and

Julian

,

the

second

,

to

be

stabbed

in

the

breast

;

and

Nemesius

,

the

third

,

to

be

struck

through

the

heart

;

and

Primitivus

,

the

fourth

,

to

be

wounded

in

the

navel

;

and

Justin

,

the

fifth

,

to

be

struck

through

in

the

back

with

a

sword

;

and

Stracteus

,

the

sixth

,

to

be

wounded

in

the

side

;

and

Eugenius

,

the

seventh

,

to

be

cleft

in

twain

from

the

head

downwards

.

Notes

7
The Colbert Codex reads “Extacteus;” Cardulus gives “Stacteus,” by which name he is designated beneath by them all.