according to local tradition, the cripta de san antolín at palencia cathedral, which supposedly houses his relics, was finished during the mid-seventh century episcopate of ascaric. a monastery dedicated to him had been built near foix by the eighth century. it claimed to possess his head and part of his body, brought from syria by a boat that had navigated the rivers ariège, tarn, garonne, and aveyron with the aid of an angel. these conflicting traditions suggest that the martyr of pamiers is the same person as the martyr antoninus of syria.