Very
little is known about these holy martyrs other than they were killed
during the Diocletian persecution. Legend has it they threw Januarius
onto a flaming furnace, but he was unscathed. Instead, they stretched
him on a bench and beat him until his bones were exposed. When the saint
still lived, they threw him and his companions to starving wild animals
in the amphitheatre, but the animals would not touch them. Finally, the
martyrs were beheaded and died around the year 304.
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