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Of the famous Bispops and ministers that were martyred.
TOutching the chiefe rulers of the Churches, and them which were crowned Martyrs in the most famous cities: Anthymus bishop of Nicomedia, was beheaded & crowned the first mar∣tyr* 1.1 registred in the catalogue of the Saynctes in the kingdome of Christ. Of them whiche
suffred at Antioch Lucianus minister of that congregation, leading a vertous life, preached at Ni∣comedia* 1.2 in presence of the emperour the celestiall kingdome of Christ, first vnto vs in exhortatiō by way of Apology, afterwards in wryting vnto the posteritie. the most famous martyrs of Phae∣nicia were the godly pastors of the resonable flocke of Christ: Tyran••••••n byshop of Tytus, Zeno∣bius minister of Sidon, and Siluanus byshop of Emisa, who together with others in Emisa was throwen to feede wild beasts, and is receaued vnto the company of martyrs. The other two, both at Antioch glorified God by theyr pacient deathes: Tyrannion buried in the bottome of the seae, and Zenobius an excellent phisician, after scurginge & bitter torment died most constantly. Among the martyrs in Palaestina Siluanus by shop of the Churches of Gaza was beheaded together with nyne and thirty others which were committed to the myne pitts in Phaenos. In Aegypt Peleus and Nilus Aegyptian byshops were burned to ashes. And here let vs remember the renowmed piller of the parishe of Caesarea, Pamphilus the elder, & the most famous martyr of our time. Whose life and noble acts we will at time conueniēt declare. of them which at Alexandria throughout Aegypt & The bais suffred martyrdome, y• most famous was Peter byshop of Alexandria a paterne of piety in Christ vnto the godly pastors, and together with him Faustus, Didius and Ammonius, ministers and perfect martyrs of Christ. Also Phileas, Hesychius, Pachym••us and Theodorus byshops of the churches in Aegypt: and besids these infinite other famous men, whose names are well knowen in the cōgregations through out the region. It is not our drift to describe y• conflicts of such as stri∣ued throughout the world (we leaue that for others) neither exactly to paint forth vnto y• posteri∣ty all that happened: but only the things we sawe with our eyes and were done in our presence.
Anthymus ••. of Nicome ••ia behea∣••ed.
Lucianus a martyr. Tyrannion b. of Tyrus was drowned at Antioch. Zenobius of Sidon scourged to death. Siluanus. b. of Emisa torne of wild beastes. Siluanus. b. of Gaza be∣headed. 39 Beheaded Peleus and Nilus. b. of Aegypt bur∣ned. Pamphilus▪ Peter. b. of Alexandria.