Historian Eusebius of Caesarea stated that many countless admittees of the Christian faith, brought them to the copper mines of Palestine, acted so boldly even they built places of worship. However, the governor of the territory was a cruel evil man, who chose the four who appeared to be the commanders, and sent them to the armies' commander in that territory, who in his role instructed them to deny faith, and when they refused; he sentenced them to death by burning. He also stated that, also Sulphanus had martyred there, the bishop of Gaza, along with thirty-nine others, Bishop Bilius and Bishop Nelos, who were burned, and priest Pamville of Caesarea City.

For the mines referred to are those of the city of Faynan, located in Jordan to the south of the Dead Sea, and at that time there were no mines in Palestine, at which time the southern Jordan and southern Palestine were called "third Palestine".

Reaching Faynan is not easy. If you ever decide to do so, you have to take the new Dead Sea route that connects Aqaba with Ma'an, then you should continue your way towards Aqaba, and about 80 kilometers after the Dead Sea you reach crossroad of Fidan junction, so you should continue to the east towards Fidan, approximately 20 kilometers you will reach to the town of Qreeqra, and then you keep going east on a dirt road, and after about twelve kilometers you see in front of you a big hill of shattered stones: it's the remains of Faynan City.

You continue your way then you will pass the Faynan Valley slightly westward, leaving on your right the traces of the large pond that fed the city with water, reaching the monuments of the first church. A number of its pillars of apse still exist, and near them towards the monuments of the city, there is the monuments of a big tower for monitor, and then you pass the pile of city monuments to reach the monuments of the second church, it's still in a better state than the First Church. After the church, you shall continue your way to the east of the city, where you will find a large pond that was supplying the city with water, also you will find between piles of stones here and there some pieces of copper in their natural state and some stones scattered here and there, some of them have different writings, and monuments of two other churches have also been found.

When the age of Roman persecution ended, the Christians made Faynan the archdiocese of its Martyrs, and the History mentioned among them Bishop Saidas, who signed the works of the Ephesus Council in 431, Bishop Kayumus, who signed the Council which known after that by the Thieves' Council in 499, Bishop Boutros, who participated in the work of the Jerusalem Council in 518, Bishop John, who participated in the Jerusalem Council and Bishop Faynan in 587 and the bishop Theodore.

In the ruins of Faynan, you will find a sixth-century indications of a cemetery, with more than 3,000 tombs, attests to the truth of history and to the generosity of thousands of Jesus' martyrs for whom they have chosen to be honest witnesses and martyrs.