E00300: Eusebius' Martyrs of Palestine includes the story of the martyrdom of *Apphianos from Lycia (martyr of Caesarea, S00159). Written in 311 in Caesarea (Palestine); written in Greek, but parts of the text survive only in Syriac.

Eusebius of Caesarea, Martyrs of Palestine, 4.1-15

Summary:
Originating from Lycia, Apphianos received a secular education in Berytus (modern Beirut) and, after that, moved to Caesarea, where he was trained 'in the divine studies' and 'in the sacred Scriptures' under *Pamphilos of Caesarea (S00140). One day, when the city's governor Urbanus (PLRE I, p. 983) was offering a libation to the gods in public, Apphianos approached him and, seizing Urbanus by the right hand, rebuked him and exhorted him to abandon paganism. The martyr was at once apprehended, severely beaten by the governor's guard and sent to prison, where he underwent more tortures. On the next day, Apphianos was brought into a court, where Urbanus, enraged by his public interruption of the performance of the religious ritual, ordered more tortures to be inflicted upon him. After the martyr staunchly endured all these and refused to provide the judge with any information, save that he was Christian, his feet were wrapped in linen cloths soaked in oil and set on fire, while he himself was suspended on high, to be seen by all spectators. When even this torture did not break the martyr's spirit, the governor ordered him to be cast alive into the sea, his feet fastened with stones. After that, a miracle took place, when an earthquake shook the sea, the shore and the city itself, and the dead body of the martyr was brought by the sea to the city gates. According to Eusebius, the execution of Apphianos took place on 2 April 306.

Summary: Sergey Minov