Ptolemaeus and Lucius

Ptolemy ( † about 165 in Rome) was a Christian martyr.

The story of the martyrdom of Ptolemy was the occasion for the second Apology of Justin Martyr, who taught at the Roman Emperor of these; in this apology will also describe how it came to the martyrdom. He tells how a Christian woman had separated from her husband, who had led a dissolute life, whereupon the man's wife denounced the Roman prefect Lollius Urbicus as a Christian. When the woman no specific offenses could be detected, have Urbicus ado, Ptolemy, can arrest their Christian teachers. Then, a Lucius objects to the measure of the prefect had raised, since nothing existed against Ptolemy and a conviction was unlawful solely because of the Christian name. As Urbicus asked him whether he belongs also to the Christians, this was affirmed and a third had joined the. Ptolemy, Lucius and the unnamed third parties were then executed.

The Martyrdom of Ptolemy and his two companions set by Bede, an Anglo-Saxon Benedictine monk and historian, to Alexandria, in fact it has however taken place in Rome. Since Justin was executed in the year 165, the martyrdom of Ptolemy must have taken place a little earlier. Memorial of revered as a saint martyr is the 19th of October.