12:1
Κατὰ δὲ τὸν δηλούμενον Οὐαλεριανοῦ διωγμὸν τρεῖς ἐν Καισαρείᾳ τῆς Παλαιστίνης τῇ κατὰ Χριστὸν διαλάμψαντες ὁμολογίᾳ θείῳ κατεκοσμήθησαν μαρτυρίῳ, θηρίων γενόμενοι βορά. τούτων ὁ μὲν Πρίσκος ἐκαλεῖτο, ὁ δὲ Μάλχος, τῷ δὲ τρίτῳ Ἀλέξανδρος ὄνομα ἦν. τούτους φασὶ κατ ἀγρὸν οἰκοῦντας πρότερον μὲν ἑαυτοὺς ὡς ἀμελεῖς καὶ ῥᾳθύμους κακίσαι, ὅτι δὴ βραβείων, τοῦ καιροῦ τοῖς πόθου γλιχομένοις οὐρανίου διανέμοντος, ὀλιγωροῖεν αὐτοὶ μὴ οὐχὶ προαρπάζοντες τὸν τοῦ μαρτυρίου στέφανον· ταῦτα δὲ βουλευσαμένους ὁρμῆσαι ἐπὶ τὴν Καισάρειαν, ὁμόσ ἑ τε χωρῆσαι ἐπὶ τὸν δικαστὴν, καὶ τυχεῖν τοῦ προδεδηλωμένου τέλους. ἔτι πρὸς τούτοις γύναιόν τι κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν διωγμὸν ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ πόλει τὸν ὅμοιον ἱστοροῦσιν ἀγῶνα διηθληκέναι. τῆς δὲ Μαρκίωνος αὐτὴν αἱρέσεως γενέσθαι κατέχει λόγος.
During the aforesaid persecution under Valerian, three men at Caesarea in Palestine, having shone forth in their confession of Christ, were adorned with a divine martyrdom, becoming food for wild beasts. Of these, one was called Priscus, another Malchus, and the third had the name Alexander. These, it is said, dwelling in the country, at first reproached themselves as careless and slothful, because, while the time was distributing prizes to those who longed with desire for the heavenly, they themselves were neglectful in not snatching beforehand the crown of martyrdom; and having so resolved, they hastened to Caesarea, presented themselves before the judge, and obtained the aforesaid end. Besides these, they relate that a certain woman, during the same persecution and in the same city, contended in a like struggle; but the report holds that she was of the heresy of Marcion.
在上述瓦勒良手下的逼迫期間，有三人在巴勒斯坦的凱撒利亞，因在認信基督上發出光輝，便以神聖的殉道得了裝飾，成了野獸的食物。這三人中，一個名叫普利司庫，一個叫馬爾庫，第三個名叫亞歷山大。據說，這幾人原住在鄉間，起初責備自己懈怠懶散，因為當那時候正向那些渴慕屬天之物的人分發獎賞之際，他們自己卻疏忽，未曾搶先奪取殉道的冠冕；既如此立定心意，便急赴凱撒利亞，到審判官面前自首，得了上述的結局。除這些人之外，又有人記述說，在同一逼迫期間、同一城裡，有一婦人經歷了類似的爭戰；但有傳言說，她原是屬馬吉安異端的。