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Martyrdom of St. Nicasius

...that tradition indicates Nicasius of Rheims completed saying his prayer at his execution after he had been beheaded?
...that Abraham of Farshut founded a new Monophysite monastery at Farshut after the monks of his old monastery at Pbow almost all accepted the decision of the Council of Chalcedon?
... that Justus of Beauvais, a cephalophore saint, is reported to have picked up his head and continued preaching after his beheading?