 According to Rolandus, the author of the "Acta Sancti Luciani", he retired to a mountain near the city, living as a hermit on grass and water.According to one account, he converted 30,000 people to Christianity, and was assisted in this task by his 2 disciples.The assassins Latinus, Jarius and Antor were sent by the Roman Emperor (his legendary account gives the contradictory name of Diocletian, though this emperor lived during the 3rd century) to kill him.