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History of the Franks
St Gregory of Tours, tr. Dalton, 1927
Book 1, 27. Of the Persecution Under Trajan
The third, after Nero, to set on foot persecution of the Christians was Trajan. In his reign the blessed Clement, third bishop of the Roman Church, suffered death; it is declared that likewise the holy Simeon, bishop of Jerusalem and son of Cleophas, was crucified for the name of Christ; and Ignatius, bishop of Antioch, was taken to Rome and delivered over to wild beasts. These things were done in the days of Trajan.