Aurelian—"What is thy religion, or, what God dost thou worship?"
Patroclus—"I adore the living and true God, who inhabits heaven, and regards the humble, and knows all things or ever they are done."
Aurelian—"Give up this nonsense, and adore and serve our Gods, from whom you will derive honour and riches."
Patroclus—"I will adore only the true God, who made all things visible and invisible."
Aurelian—"Dispute of those things which you say are true."
Patroclus—"Those things which I declare are true and probable; but I know why falsehood hates the truth."
Aurelian—"I will burn you alive if you will not sacrifice to the gods."
Patroclus—"I offer the sacrifice of praise, and myself as a living victim to God who has deigned to call me to martyrdom."
Then Aurelian commanded—"Put fetters on his feet, and hot manacles on his hands, and cudgel him on the back, and then shut him up in a privy cell, until I make up my mind what is to be done with him."