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DURING the above-mentioned persecution under Valerian, three
men in Caesarea in Palestine, being conspicuous in their confession
of Christ, were adorned with divine martyrdom, becoming food for wild
beasts. One of them was called Priscus, another Malchus, and the
name of the third was Alexander. They say that these men, who lived
in the country, acted at first in a cowardly manner, as if they were
careless and thoughtless. For when the opportunity was given to those
who longed for the prize with heavenly desire, they treated it
lightly, lest they should seize the Crown of martyrdom prematurely.
But having deliberated on the matter, they hastened to Caesarea, and
went before the judge and met the end we have mentioned. They relate
that besides these, in the same persecution and the same city, a
certain woman endured a similar conflict. But it is reported that she
belonged to the sect of Marcion.
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