1Julius, a veteran of twenty-six years' service, refuses the governor Maximus's offers and pleas to sacrifice and is sentenced to death.
2At the place of execution Julius greets the imprisoned soldier Hesychius, prays to Christ, and is beheaded at Durostorum on 27 May.
About this work
Author
Anonymous
Attribution
authentic · Anonymous record of the trial and death of the martyrs.
Standing
Not honoured as a saint or in a church calendar by the Catholic, Orthodox, or Protestant traditions. Anonymous or pseudonymous work read and used in the church of its time.
Date
ca. 304 (27 May) (approximate)
Written at
unknown, unknown (disputed)
Language
Latin
Genre
martyrdom
Reference system
chapter, following Ruinart's numbering as printed (Acta primorum martyrum sincera et selecta, 1689)
SBL abbreviation
Act.Not yet checked
Text from
Thierry Ruinart, ed., Acta primorum martyrum sincera et selecta (Paris: Muguet, 1689), pp. scan 709–710 (Printed edition in the public domain; OCR of a public-domain scan (Google Books / Internet Archive))