Editing Pope Caius (section)

===Martyrdom===
Pope Caius would go into hiding due to increased persecution of the church, alongside Saints Polycarp, [[Saint Sebastian|Sebastian]], [[Saint Tranquillinus|Tranquillinus]], [[Saint Tiburtius|Tiburtius]], Nicostratus and [[Zoe of Rome|Zoe]], in the house of [[Castulus]], a Christian officer employed at the Imperial Palace.<ref name="Crawford">{{cite book |last1=Crawford |first1=Alexander |title=Sketches of the history of Christian art |date=1847 |publisher=J. Murray |location=London |page=236 |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sketches_of_the_history_of_Christian_art_(IA_gri_33125007724715).pdf |access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref> Over the course of the next few years, the entire group would be discovered one by one by Roman authorities and martyred.<ref name="Crawford"/> Caius would be found praying with Tiburtius shortly after the conversion and baptism of Tiburtius' children and the pair was brought to the local [[Praefectus]], a man named Fabian, who ordered the construction of a great bonfire, and ordered the two to either throw [[frankincense]] into it to appease the Roman gods, or to cast themselves into it.<ref name="Crawford"/> Although Pope Caius' ultimate fate is unclear, often being associated with beheading, according to legend Tiburtius walked into the fire invoking the name of Christ and remained unhurt, so he was taken out of Rome by the [[Via Labicana]] and [[beheaded]].<ref name="Crawford"/> However, Caius' martyrdom is disputed, as the [[Diocletianic Persecution]] of Christians began in 303&nbsp;AD, after Caius’ alleged death, and Diocletian was not immediately hostile to Christianity upon becoming emperor.<ref name="San Caio"/><ref name="St. Caius"/>