Baring-Gould’s sources: Martyrology of S. Jerome, so called, Ado, Notker, Usuardus, Roman Martyrology, Ac., in some, by an error, Carpus is called Polycarpus. By the Greeks on Oct. 13th. Authorities Eusebius, Hist. EccL L. iv. c. 15, and Rufinus. The Acts given by Simeon Metaphrastes are not genuine. They are probably founded on authentic acts, but have been expanded, exaggerated, added to, and rewritten.] Eusebius thus briefly mentions these martyrs: “ There are, also, records extant of others that suffered martyrdom in Pergamus, a city of Asia. Of these we mention Carpus and Papylus, and a woman named Agathonice; who, after many and illustrious testimonies given by them, gloriously finished their course.” These records have formed the basis of the Acts which have came down to us, after having passed through the hands of Metrophrastes. They relate that Carpus was bishop of Thyatira, and that Papylus was his deacon. They were arrested in the persecution of Decius, by order of Valerius, governor of Lydia. They were stripped, and heavy iron collars placed round their necks, and so were taken to Sardis, together with some of the servants of the bishop. At Sardis suffered Agathodorus, one of these. The governor then ordered them to be taken back to Thyatira, a journey of two days, and there executed together with Agathonice, the sister of Papylus the deacon. The Acts are not to be trusted in the matter of the numerous tortures to which they are exposed.