They were at length discovered at thessalonica; and as the sentence of their death was already pronounced, they were immediately beheaded, and their bodies thrown into the sea.
"Women of Early Christianity Woman: In all ages and in all countries, Vol. 3 (of 10)"
Alfred Brittain Mitchell Carroll
It is hardly remarkable that, in an ecclesiastical dispute, she should be unable to cope with the man who, later, had the strength and the courage to close the door of the cathedral in the face of the great Theodosius, after his crime at thessalonica.
"Women of Early Christianity Woman: In all ages and in all countries, Vol. 3 (of 10)"
Alfred Brittain Mitchell Carroll
Although he was a warm friend of the Emperor Theodosius, he denounced the latter's cruel massacre of the people of thessalonica, and, when Theodosius came to the church of Ambrose to worship, he was met at the door by the brave bishop and denied admittance.
"The Story of Our Hymns"
Ernest Edwin Ryden