"Men and women, young and old, maidens and matrons, soldiers and civilians,
of every age and race, some by scourging and fire, others
by the sword, have conquered in the strife and won their crowns." The
persecution
ended with the capture of Valerian by Persia.
Valerian's son/successor, Gallienus, revoked the edicts of his father (c. 253 - 257)
Saint Cyprian Bishop of Carthage Sixtus II, Bishop of Rome Pope Corneilius