Acts of Fructuosus, Augurius and Eulogius

Contents

1. 1Fructuosus, bishop of Tarragona, and his deacons Augurius and Eulogius are arrested on a Sunday and taken to prison, where he prays without ceasing.
2. 2After a baptism in prison, the governor Aemilianus interrogates the bishop and his deacons, who confess one God, and sentences them to be burned alive.
3. 3On the way to the amphitheater Fructuosus declines a drink because he is keeping the Friday station fast, refuses help with his shoes, and says he must keep the whole catholic church in mind.
4. 4In the amphitheater Fructuosus comforts the church that it will not lack a shepherd; the three are burned, and when their bonds burn away they kneel in prayer with arms outstretched until they die.
5. 5Two Christian slaves of the governor see the martyrs ascend crowned into heaven and show them to his daughter, but the governor is not worthy to see them.
6. 6The Christians gather the martyrs' ashes, but Fructuosus appears to them and tells them to return them so that they may be buried together.
7. 7The martyrs appear in glory to the governor who condemned them, and the account closes with praise of the martyrs and a doxology.