Глава V. О мучениках Улпиане и Эдессие

At the same time and on the same days, one young man from the city of Tyre, named Ulpian, having endured cruel tortures and severe scourging, was wrapped in bull skin along with a dog and an adder, a poisonous reptile, and thrown into the sea. Therefore, when describing the martyrdom of Apfianov, it seems to me that by the way we also mentioned Ulpian. And a little later, Edessius, his only fatherland brother not only in God, but also in body, suffered similar torments to the torments of Apphian. After countless confessions and long-term suffering in prison, he, according to the prefect’s definition, was in the mines of Palestine and all that time, under the cloak of a philosopher, he led a philosophical life; for having received a more extensive education than his brother, he also studied philosophical sciences. Finally, while he was in the city of Alexandria, having seen how the local judge judged Christians and laughed at them beyond measure, now persecuting respectable men with various insults, now handing over highly chaste wives and virgins who had dedicated their lives to God to shame for keepers of harlots, he decided to strive for the goal achieved by his brother. Considering such insults unbearable, Edessius is inspired by a firm intention, comes to the judge and, having disgraced him with words and deeds, patiently endures various torments under many tortures, and then, being thrown into the sea, receives a brotherly death. However, all this happened with Edessius, as I said, a little later. You might be interested in: