The life of Januarius and Companions
They stretched him afterward on a bench and beat him with iron until the bone showed through.
The next day all of them were led into the arena to be torn apart by beasts, and the beasts would not touch them, running instead to lie at their feet. The governor called it sorcery, and was struck blind for saying so; Januarius prayed for him and his sight came back, though nothing in him truly changed, and he had the whole company beheaded outside the city walls. Christians from several towns came that night to claim the bodies, each city taking one of its own to keep as an intercessor, and the people of Naples took Januarius. They kept his blood as well as his body, and it is still shown there today.
