Eusebius of Caesarea, Martyrs of Palestine 4.14-4.15
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Καισάρειαν

, and

Cæsarea

are directly attested at Eusebius of Caesarea, Martyrs of Palestine 4.14-4.15. This passage was written ca. 315 – 316 CE possibly in Caesarea.

τὰ δ’ ἐπὶ τούτοις παραχρῆμα γενόμενα ῥηθέντα μὲν οὐκ ἀπεικὸς παρὰ τοῖς μὴ ὄψει παρειληφόσιν ἀπιστηθήσεσθαι, ἡμὰς δ’ οὖν καίπερ τοῦτ’ ἀκριβῶς εἰδότας οὐχ αἱρεῖ λόγος μὴ οὐχὶ ἐκ παντὸς παραδοῦναι τῷ λόγῳ τὴν ἱστορίαν, τῷ καὶ μάρτυρας εἶναι τοῦ γεγενημένου ἁπλῶς εἰπεῖν ἅπαντας τοὺς τὴν Καισάρειαν οἰκοῦντας. οὐδεμία γοῦν ἡλικία τῆς παραδόξου ταύτης ἀπελείφθη θέας. αὐτίκα γοῦν ὡς ἐδόκει μάλιστα κατὰ μέσου πελάγους ἐν ἀπείροις βυθοῖς τὸν ἱερὸν ὄντως ἐκεῖνον καὶ τρισμακάριον ἐμβαλεῖν, κλόνος ἀθρόως οὐχ ὁ τυχὼν καὶ βρασμὸς αὐτήν τε τὴν θάλασσαν καὶ τὸ περιέχον ἅπαν διαχεῖ, ὡς καὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν πόλιν ἅπασαν πρὸς τοῦ γενομένου σεισθῆναι. ἅμα δὲ τῷ παραδόξῳ τούτῳ καὶ ἀθρόῳ σεισμῷ τοῦ θείου μάρτυρος τὸν νεκρὸν ἡ θάλαττα, ὥσπερ μὴ οἵα τε οὖσα φέρειν αὐτὸν, πρὸ τῶν τῆς πόλεως ἐκβράσσει πυλῶν. καὶ τοιαῦτα μὲν ἦν τὰ κατὰ τὸν θεσπέσιον Ἀπφιανὸν, Ξανθικοῦ μηνὸς δευτέρᾳ, ἥτις ἂν εἴη πρὸ τεσσάρων Νώνων Ἀπριλλίων, ἡμέρᾳ παρασκευῆς τελειωθέντα.

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But what happened immediately after this will scarcely be believed by those who did not see it. Although we realize this, yet we must record the event, of which to speak plainly, all the inhabitants of Cæsarea were witnesses. For truly there was no age but beheld this marvelous sight. For as soon as they had cast this truly sacred and thrice-blessed youth into the fathomless depths of the sea, an uncommon commotion and disturbance agitated the sea and all the shore about it, so that the land and the entire city were shaken by it. And at the same time with this wonderful and sudden perturbation, the sea threw out before the gates of the city the body of the divine martyr, as if unable to endure it. Such was the death of the wonderful Apphianus. It occurred on the second day of the month Xanthicus,which is the fourth day before the Nones of April, on the day of preparation.

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