From the Prologue of Ochrid
In the time of Emperor Probus, in the third century, when a certain Atticus governed Antioch, two Christians came to Antioch: Trophimus and Sabbatius, both eminent and honorable citizens. But it happened at that very time that an impure celebration and sacrifice to Apollo was being held in Daphne near Antioch. Atticus took special care that all citizens take part in that celebration. When certain people saw Trophimus and Sabbatius and reported to Atticus that these strangers were not taking part in their celebration, Atticus brought them before the court, and when they would not renounce Christ, he subjected them to tortures one after the other. After he had beaten and tortured Trophimus, he sent him to Phrygia, to a certain Dionysius, an even more savage persecutor of Christians, while he brought Sabbatius out of prison and began to judge him. When the torturer asked Sabbatius who he was and of what rank, he answered: "My rank and dignity, and homeland, and glory, and wealth is Christ the Son of God, ever-living, by Whose providence the universe stands and is governed." For this they beat him, and tore at him, and scraped him with iron, until the bones beneath his flesh were exposed. In these torments he perished. The torturer Dionysius then subjected Trophimus to great tortures and kept him in prison for still greater ones. Then a certain senator named Dorymedon, a secret Christian, came to Trophimus in prison and served him. When the torturer learned of this, he began to torture them both equally, and finally cast them before wild beasts. But the beasts did not touch them. The holy Dorymedon especially provoked a she-bear, pulling her by the ears so that she would tear him apart, but the bear only fawned upon him. The torturer finally gave the order, and they beheaded Saints Trophimus and Dorymedon by the sword. The souls of these holy martyrs now reign in the heavens.
