Rev. Alban Butler (1711–73). Volume I: January. The Lives of the Saints. 1866.
February 5SS. Martyrs of Pontus, under Dioclesian
| SOME were tortured with melted lead poured upon them, others with sharp reeds thrust under their nails, and such like inventions, several times repeated: at length they various ways completed their martyrdom.—See Eusebius, Hist. l. 8. c. 12. p. 306. | 1 |