"Ne menestow nat Urban," quod he tho,
"That is so ofte dampned to be deed,
And woneth in halkes alwey to and fro,
And dar nat ones putte forth his heed?
Men sholde hym brennen in a fyr so reed
If he were founde, or that men myghte hym spye,
And we also, to bere hym compaignye;
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Second Nun’s Tale. When Valerian tries to persuade Tiburtius to be baptized by Pope Urban, Tiburtius doesn’t like the idea. He tells his brother Valerian that Urban has so often been condemned to be dead that if people ever found him they would burn him. They too would be burned if they were in his company.