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DiocletianbrutallypersecutedhisChristiansubjects.JustbeforehemovedtotheDalma-
tianCoast,hehadBishopDominusofSalonakilled,alongwithseveralthousandChristians.
When Diocletian died, there were riots of happiness. In the seventh century, his mausoleum
became a cathedral dedicated to the martyred bishop. The apse (behind the altar) was added
in the ninth century. The sarcophagus of St. Dominus (to the right of the altar, with early-
