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ASTYRIUS also is commemorated on account of his pious boldness
in connection with this affair. He was a Roman of senatorial rank,
and in favor with the emperors, and well known to all on account of his
noble birth and wealth. Being present at the martyr's death, he took
his body away on his shoulder, and arraying him in a splendid and
costly garment, prepared him for the grave in a magnificent manner,
and gave him fitting burial. The friends of this man, that remain to
our day, relate many other facts, concerning him.
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