Diocletian

Diocletian There was a heathen emperor named Diocletian, who was chosen to be emperor over all the earth, though he was a destroyer of men, two hundred and eighty-six years after Christ's incarnation; and he reigned twenty years, a cruel murderer, so that he killed, and bade kill, all the Christians whom he could find out, and burned churches, and robbed the innocent; and this impious persecution spread unceasingly over all the earth fully ten …

…the persecution ceased, and the Christians came out of the woods, and out of the wastes, where they had been hidden, and went amongst men, and restored Christianity, and repaired churches that were wholly ruined, and dwelt there in peace with true faith. Then they built likewise a worthy church to the holy Alban, where he was buried, and there frequently were miracles performed to the praise of the Savior who liveth ever in eternity.