Rev. Alban Butler (171173). Volume II: February. The Lives of the Saints. 1866.
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.