In Valencia, bishop and deacon are interrogated. Valero cannot find the appropriate words to defend himself and Vicente is the one who finally answers for both of them. His rhetoric is aimed at questioning the consul’s power over the spiritual, and this only angered Dacian, who punished Valerus with banishment.
Vicente, for his part, does not suffer the same fate: he is first subjected to the torture of the rack. His skin would then be torn with steel hooks. While they tortured him, the judge present offered him a pardon if he abjured. Vicente endured as much pain as he could without taking a step back.
Daciano, feeling challenged, offers him forgiveness if he blasphemes. Faced with his new refusal, exasperated, he ordered an even more cruel torment to be applied to him: placing him on a bed of incandescent iron.