Baring-Gould’s sources: Roman Martyrology, Usuardus, Nolker, Hrabanus, &c. Authority: —The ancient Acts, but certainly not of a date near the time of the martyrdom. They contain some inaccuracies, as when they say that the Roman governor rent his clothes on hearing the saints speak against his gods. This was a sign of indignation among the Jews, but not among the Romans. Several additions which recur over and over again in the less authentic Acts with wearisome iteration are to be found in these also, and show that the original Acts have been tampered with and amplified. ] PEREGRINUS and LAURENCE irothers. In the persecution of Decius ?re brought before Tiburtius the governor, tiura, the modern Arezzo. After severely reprimanding them, as they were of noble birth, the governor dismissed them, strictly enjoining them, as they valued their lives, not to labour to convert others to their superstition, as he called the religion of Christ As, however, they refused obedience, he ordered them to be decapitated.