The life of St Myron of Cyzicus
He was beaten and thrown into a blazing oven, and tradition holds that though the fire scorched many bystanders, Myron himself came through it unharmed.
When Antipater still demanded that he sacrifice to the gods and Myron refused, the governor ordered strips of skin cut from his body; Myron is said to have taken one of the strips and thrown it back in his tormentor's face. He was beaten further and thrown to wild beasts, who would not touch him, and Antipater, seeing himself defeated, is said to have taken his own life in shame. Myron was then taken to the city of Cyzicus, where he was finally beheaded, around the year 250, and his memory has been kept there ever since.
