Elias and four companions, Daniel, Isaiah, Jeremiah (also known as Jeremy and Jeremias), and Samuel were Egyptian martyrs.
During Maximinus' persecution, a number of Christians were condemned for life to slavery in the copper mines of Roman Cilicia.
Firmilian had them further tortured to discover the location of their true country, and at last, tired with tormenting them, condemned them to be beheaded.
[4] When Porphyry, a servant of Pamphilus, demanded that the bodies be buried, he was tortured and then burned to death when it was found that he was a Christian.
[5] The historian Eusebius was in Caesarea, and gave a vivid account of their martyrdom by torture and beheading.