The brethren, sad as if bereft of a shepherd, endured their solitude; not that they lamented Fructuosus, but rather they desired to be mindful of the faith and passion of each. When night came, they hastened to the amphitheatre with wine, with which to extinguish the charred bodies, which being done, they collected the ashes of the martyrs, and each carried away a portion. But neither in this did the marvellous works of the Lord fail; that the faith of the believers might be stimulated, and an example might be given to the little ones. After his passion, Fructuosus appeared to the brethren, and exhorted them to restore, without delay, what each had carried off of the ashes, out of love, that they might be laid altogether in one place.[104] Fructuosus in Spanish _Frutos_, in French _Fruteux_. Patron of Taragona. Relics, in the Benedictine monastery, near the Porto Fino, at Genoa; some portions, however, in the church of S. Montana, at Barcelona. S. PATROCLUS, M. (ABOUT A.D. 272.) [From the Acts published by Bollandus, an early recension of the original Acts.] When the Emperor Aurelian was in Gaul, he came to Troyes, and hearing that there was a Christian there, named Patroclus, he ordered him to be brought before him, when the following examination was had of him:-- _Aurelian_--"What is thy name?" He answered, "I am called Patroclus." _Aurelian_--"What is thy religion, or, what God dost thou worship?" _Patroclus_--"I adore the living and true God, who inhabits heaven, and regards the humble, and knows all things or ever they are done." _Aurelian_--"Give up this nonsense, and adore and serve our Gods, from whom you will derive honour and riches." _Patroclus_--"I will adore only the true God, who made all things visible and invisible." _Aurelian_--"Dispute of those things which you say are true." _Patroclus_--"Those things which I declare are true and probable; but I know why falsehood hates the truth." _Aurelian_--"I will burn you alive if you will not sacrifice to the gods." _Patroclus_--"I offer the sacrifice of praise, and myself as a living victim to God who has deigned to call me to martyrdom." Then Aurelian commanded--"Put fetters on his feet, and hot manacles on his hands, and cudgel him on the back, and then shut him up in a privy cell, until I make up my mind what is to be done with him." Then Patroclus was given into custody to one Elegius until the third day. And when he was brought forth again to be examined, Aurelian greeted him with, "Well, despiser, hast thou thought better of it, and art thou ready to sacrifice?" _Patroclus_--"The Lord delivereth the souls of his servants, and will not forsake them that hope in Him. If thou desirest anything out of my treasures, I will freely give it thee, for, believe me, thou art poor." _Aurelian_--"I, poor!" _Patroclus_--"Thou hast earthly wealth, but art poor in faith of our Lord Jesus Christ." _Aurelian_--"Enough of this. Our gods are mighty."