# Phocas, Bishop Of Pontus, Put To Death In A Lime-Kiln, And In Boiling Water, For The Name Of Jesus Christ, At Sinope, About The Year 118.

c. 118 · Historical source

Source: Martyrs’ Mirror. Original heading: PHOCAS, BISHOP OF PONTUS, PUT TO DEATH IN A LIME-KILN, AND IN BOILING WATER, FOR THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, AT SINOPE, ABOUT THE YEAR 118.

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PHOCAS PUT TO DEATH IN A LIME-KILN.

Phocas, a son of Pamphilius, the first bishop of
the church in Pontus in the city of Sinope, on being
brought, in the time of Trajan, before Africanus,
the Governor of Pontus, who urged him to sacrifice
upon the altar of Neptune, steadfastly refused to do
105this; on account of which he was sentenced by the
Governor to die for the name of Christ; which death
he suffered after many pains and torments, and was
thus numbered with his slain fellow-brethren. Regarding
the death of this man, see A. Mell., 1st
book of the Hist, der vervolg. in Mart., fol. 27,
col. 1, ex Adone, in Comment. At. 6. Aster. Orat.
de Phoca. Also, concerning the time of his death,
for the year 118, see Joh. Gysii Hist. Mart., fol. 15,
col. 4.

Touching the manner of his death, P. J. Twisck
gives the following account: “Phocas, in Pontus,
refusing to sacrifice to the gods, was thrust, according
to the command of Emperor Trajan, and for
the name of Christ, into a lime-kiln full of glowing
coals, then cast into boiling water and thus killed.
P. J. Twisck, Chron., 2d book, for the year 118,
p. 37, col. 2, from Adon. Vinnens., lib. 6, fol. 166,
Vinefol. 519.

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