# Alexander Of Phrygia, First Dreadfully Tortured, And Then Executed With The Sword, For The Confession Of The Son Of God, On The River Rhone, About The Year 172.

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The ancient writers mention also a certain pious
man, called Alexander, a physician, and native of
Phrygia, who was put to death on the same day and
place when and where the abovementioned Attalus
laid down his life. Concerning the cause of his imprisonment
and death, it is stated, that, when Attalus
and other Christians were being examined,
this Alexander of Phrygia stood near the judgment
seat, and considerably strengthened and encouraged,
by motions and signs, the Christians who
were making their defense and confession before the
Judge, to the end that they should continue steadfast
in the truth once received. When the people
that stood around, murmured on this account, he
was apprehended, and, being interrogated in regard
to his views, he answered: “I am a Christian,” and
made the same confession that Attalus and the
others who had been apprehended and were standing
before the tribunal, had made. He was therefore
immediately sentenced to the amphitheatre,
there, together with others, to be forthwith torn or
devoured by the beasts. Thither he was then taken
but the execution was deferred until the following
day. The next day he was brought forth, to
fight with the beasts; however, he was first exceedingly
tortured with all sorts of executioner’s instruments.
In this he bore himself with such fortitude,
that he was not once heard to sigh, or to utter the
least word of complaint; yea, he was not seen to
manifest a single sign of distress or pain; only that
he spoke to God in his heart. Finally, instead of
fighting with the wild beasts, he was executed with
the sword, and thus sealed with his blood the truth
of the Son of God, which he had maintained. Compare
with the authors who have been adduced above
in regard to the death of Attalus, Abr. Mellin., 1st
book, fol. 43, col. 4, and fol. 44, col. 1.



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