He was sent in chains to Rome as a public spectacle, and when he arrived at Troas, he received the pleasing intelligence, that the persecution of Antioch was already at an end.

* Note: The acts of Ignatius are generally received as authentic, as are seven of his letters.

Eusebius and St.Jerome mention them: there are two editions; in one, the letters are longer, and many passages appear to have been interpolated; the other edition is that which contains the real letters of St.Ignatius; such at least is the opinion of the wisest and most enlightened critics.

(See Lardner.Cred.of Gospel Hist.) Less, uber dis Religion, v.i.p.529.Usser.

Diss.