The Martyrdom of Justin Martyr
Anonymous
Chapter 3
About this work
A concise record of the examination and execution of Justin and several companions before the Roman prefect, emphasizing their confession, refusal to sacrifice, and expectation of resurrection.
- Author
- Anonymous
- Date
- Late 2nd-century account of a mid-2nd-century martyrdom
- Origin
- Rome
- Genre
- Martyrdom Account
Justin and his companions were martyred around AD 165; the surviving anonymous literary account and its recensions may be later.
Chapter III.—Examination of Chariton and others.
Then said the prefect Rusticus to Chariton, “Tell