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and SAVIOUR, ,7ESUS CHRIST, and his APOSTLES, &C. 417 XVII. Urbanus, the fon ofPontianus, a Roman ; after four, or, as force, fix years, he fuffered martyrdom for the faith : Eufe- bius has five, St. Jerom, in his tranflation, nine. He was buried in Prætextatus's ce- metery in the Appian Way. XVIII. Pontianus, the fon of Calphur- pius, a Roman ; for his bold reproving the Roman idolatry, he was banifhed into the ifland Sardinia, where he died ; he was bifhop about three or four, or, as Eufebius, five years. XIX. Anteros, a Greek, the fon of Ro- mulus : he died, according to force, when he had kept his place only one month, (though others, without reafon, make him to have lived in it many years) and was buried in the cemetery ofCalliffus. XX. Fabianus, a Roman, he was unex- peHedly chofen bifhop, while, feveral others being in competition, a pigeon fuddenly defcended, and fat upon his head, the great emblem of the Holy Spirit. He died a martyr, after fourteen years ; and was buried in the fame place with his prede- ceffor. XX;I. Cornelius, a Roman, whooppofed and condemned Novation : frequent letters gaffed between him and Cyprian. After fomewhat more than two years, he was firft cruelly whipped, then beheaded, and af- terwards buried.in a vault within the grange ofLucina, near the Appian Way. XXII. Lucius, a Roman, fat two, or, as others, three years : he fuffered martyrdom by the command of Valerian, and was bu- ried in Calliftus's cemetery. XXIII. Stephanus, a Roman, the fonof Julius: great contefls were between him and Cyprian, about re-baptizing thofe who had been baptized by Heretics. He was beheaded after he had fat about two or three years, though others fay feven ; and was buried by his predeceflor. XXIV. Xyflus, a Greek, formerly a philofopher ofAthens. After one, or, as others compute, two years and ten months, he fuffered martyrdom : Eufebius reckons it eight years. No. 35. XXV. Dionyfius, of a monk made bi- fhop : in the judgment of Dionyfius, bifhop of Alexandria, was a truly learned and ad- mirable perfon. The time of his prefi- dency is uncertainly aflìgned, fix, nine, ten, eleven : Eufebius extends it to twelve years. XXVI. Felix, a Roman; in his time arofe the Manicha:an herefy. He fuffered about the fourth or fifth year of his epif, copácy, and lies buried in the Aurelian Way, in a cemeteryofhis own, two miles from Rome. XXVII. Eutychianus, a Tufcan, a man exceedingly careful of the burial of mar- tyrs; after one year's fpace, was himfelf crownedwith martyrdom : Eufebius allows him but eight months : Onuphrius eight years and fix months. XXVIII. Caius, or, as Eufebius calls him, Gaianus, a Dalmatian, kinfman to the emperor Dioclefian, and in the perfe- cution under him, became a martyr. He fat eleven years ; force fay longer : Eufe- bins, fifteenyears. He was beheaded, and buried in Calliftus's cemetery. XXIX. Marcellinus, a Roman : through fear of torment he facrificed to the Gods ; but recovering himfelf, died a martyr, after he had fat eight or nine years. He was beheaded, and buried in the cemetery of Prifcilla, in the SalarianWay. To him fucceeded XXX. Marcellus, a Roman : he was condemned by Maxentius the tyrant, to keep beaffs inaffable, which heperformed, yet without omitting his prayers and exer- cifes of-devotion. He died after five years and fix months, and was buried in the ce- metery of Prifcilla. XXXI. Eufebius, a Greek, was the fon ofa phyfician : he fuffered much under the tyranny of Maxentius. He fat fix years, fay force ; four, fay others ; though Eufe- bius allows him but feven months : Onu- phrius one year and feven months. He was buried in the Appian Way, near Cal- liftus's cemetery. XXXII. Miltiades, an African : he might probably be a confeffor under Maxentius, 5I but

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