Account of Their Martyrdom
The synaxarion relates that Proclus, brought before the governor Maximus, refused the demand to sacrifice to the pagan gods and instead foretold that Maximus himself would one day confess Christ as God. The governor then forced Proclus to run on foot behind his chariot as it set out toward Kallippi.
By tradition, when Proclus prayed during this ordeal the chariot came to a halt and could not be moved by any force until Maximus had signed a written confession of Christ. Enraged, the governor ordered Proclus taken outside the city, bound to a pillar, and shot with arrows.
Hilary, the nephew of Proclus, met his uncle as he was being led away and openly professed himself a Christian before the soldiers. He was seized and imprisoned, and after his own trial, torture, and sentencing was dragged by his feet through the city, wounded and bleeding, and then beheaded. His death came three days after that of Proclus, and the Christians buried both martyrs together in a single grave.