Martyrs Mirror 263SOME PIOUS CHRISTIANS WHO WENT TO VISIT THEIR CONFINED FELLOW. BRETHREN, APPRE; HENDED.AT CESAREA, AND BANISHED TO THE MINES; BUT THREE OF THEM, NAMELY, . ARES, PROMUS, AND ELIAS, PUT TO DEATH AT ASKALON, A. D. 308
Open in the readerAbout the beginning of the year 308, some Godfearing Christians left Egypt, with the intention of journeying to Cilicia, to supply those, who for the confession of the faith had been banished to the mines there, with some needful things in their misery and poverty. They were apprehended at Caesarea by the guard at the gate of the city. Some of them were sent into misery and slavery through the same sentence, which consisted of this, that the right eye was to be put out, and the left kneepan cut away, and the wound seared; and thus with one eye and one leg they were compelled to labor in this hard slavery.
Three of their number were apprehended at Askalon, in Palestine, and were tormented in various ways, because they steadfastly confessed their faith. One of them, named Ares, was burnt alive; the other two, Promus and Elias, were beheaded, and thus departed this life in a godly manner. A. Melt., 1st book, fol. 126, eol. 1, from Euseb.