ill inus ▁and ▁Mart ia , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Saint ▁Tib ur ti us , ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁Ch rom ati us , ▁the ▁local ▁pre fect . ▁Another ▁official , ▁Nic ost r atus , ▁and ▁his ▁wife ▁Z oe ▁were ▁also ▁converted . ▁It ▁has ▁been ▁said ▁that ▁Z oe ▁had ▁been ▁a ▁m ute ▁for ▁six ▁years ; ▁however , ▁she ▁made ▁known ▁to ▁Sebastian ▁her ▁desire ▁to ▁be ▁converted ▁to ▁Christian ity . ▁As ▁soon ▁as ▁she ▁had , ▁her ▁speech ▁returned ▁to ▁her . ▁Nic ost r atus ▁then ▁brought ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁prisoners ; ▁these ▁ 1 6 ▁persons ▁were ▁converted ▁by ▁Sebastian . ▁ ▁Ch rom ati us ▁and ▁Tib ur ti us ▁converted ; ▁Ch rom ati us ▁set ▁all ▁of ▁his ▁prisoners ▁free ▁from ▁j ail , ▁res igned ▁his ▁position , ▁and ▁retired ▁to ▁the ▁country ▁in ▁Camp ania . ▁Marcus ▁and ▁Marcel li an , ▁after ▁being ▁conce aled ▁by ▁a ▁Christian ▁named ▁Cast ulus , ▁were ▁later ▁mart y red , ▁as ▁were ▁Nic ost r atus , ▁Z oe , ▁and ▁Tib ur ti us . ▁ ▁Mart yr dom ▁ ▁Sebastian ▁had ▁pr ud ently ▁conce aled ▁his ▁faith , ▁but ▁in ▁ 2 8 6 ▁it ▁was ▁detected . ▁Dioc let ian ▁repro ached ▁him ▁for ▁his ▁supposed ▁bet ray al , ▁and ▁he ▁commanded ▁him ▁to ▁be ▁led ▁to ▁a ▁field ▁and ▁there ▁to ▁be ▁bound ▁to ▁a ▁st ake ▁so ▁that ▁certain ▁arch ers ▁from