About the year 67.
CommentaryMartyrs of Syracuse under Nero in Sicily (SS.)
From manuscripts.
Martyrs at Syracuse under Nero. Our Octavius Caietanus, in his plan for a work on the Saints of Sicily: At Syracuse, the first fruits of the holy Martyrs, during the persecution of Nero, when his impious edict was brought to Sicily. He cites the records of the Church of Syracuse.
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