HERACLIUS FORBADE THE LAPSED TO GRIEVE FOR THEIR SINS;
EUSEBIUS TAUGHT THOSE UNHAPPY ONES TO WEEP FOR THEIR
CRIMES. THE PEOPLE WERE RENT INTO PARTIES, AND WITH
INCREASING FURY BEGAN SEDITION, SLAUGHTER, FIGHTING,
DISCORD, AND STRIFE. STRAIGHTWAY BOTH WERE BANISHED BY THE
CRUELTY OF THE TYRANT, ALTHOUGH THE BISHOP WAS PRESERVING
THE BONDS OF PEACE INVIOLATE. HE BORE HIS EXILE WITH JOY,
LOOKING TO THE LORD AS HIS JUDGE, AND ON THE SHORE OF
SICILY GAVE UP THE WORLD AND HIS LIFE.
The Chapel of S. Cornelius was originally distinct from these
catacombs. His tomb is marked "Cornelius Martyr. Ep." on the side-wall
fresco of Cornelius and Cyprian; in front is a pillar on which stood
the lamp burning before the shrine.