Dionysius, Bishop of Alexandria, described these martyrs in a letter about the persecution under Decius. After lamenting those who gave up the faith, he wrote that others stood firm as 'blessed pillars of the Lord'.

The first was Julian, an old man so crippled by gout that he could neither walk nor stand. He was brought to trial carried by two men. One of them denied his faith immediately. The other, Chronion, surnamed Eunus, confessed the Lord together with Julian. The two were carried on camels through the whole of that very large city and scourged, and finally burned in a huge fire before a crowd of spectators.

A soldier named Besas, standing nearby, stood up to the crowd's insults as the martyrs were led to execution. The mob turned on him with shouts, and, as Dionysius wrote, this brave soldier of God, having excelled in the great conflict of piety, was beheaded.

Thin entry · the 1897 book gives only 195 words. We have not filled the gap with invented detail.

SAINT DIONYSIUS, bishop of Alexandria, in a letter describing the sufferings of his church during the persecutions of Decius, after having lamented the apostacy of some, adds: "But others remained firm and blessed pillars of the Lord, confirmed by the Lord himself, and receiving of Him strength suited to their measure of faith, proved admirable witnesses of His kingdom. The first of these was Julian, a man afflicted with the gout, neither able to walk nor to stand, who, with two others that carried him, was arraigned. Of these, the one immediately denied his faith, but the other, named Chronion, surnamed Eunus, and the aged Julian himself, having confessed the Lord, were carried on camels through the whole city, a very large one, as you know, and were scourged, and finally consumed in an immense fire, in the midst of a crowd of spectators.