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Rev. Alban Butler (1711–73). Volume I: January. The Lives of the Saints. 1866.

February 5

SS. 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