 They killed his disciples first and then beat Lucian with rods, finally slicing his head off.His legend states that after Lucian was decapitated, he picked up his own head and walked towards the town of Beauvais.Having crossed the river Thérain at Miauroy (Beauvais lies at the foot of wooded hills on the left bank of the Thérain at its confluence with the Avelon), Lucian stopped within a quarter mile of Beauvais, and died there, thus indicating to his followers that he wanted to be buried on that very spot.