There are two theories on the famous boiling in the cauldron, one of which is that he was supposed to be executed with his child but he tried hold his child up until he himself died in the hot water, and the other one of which is that he drowned his child at once so that the child wouldn't have to suffer.
有名な釜茹でについても2つの説があり、子供と一緒に処刑されることになっていたが高温の釜の中で自分が息絶えるまで子供を持ち上げていた説と、苦しませないようにと一思いに子供を釜に沈めた説がある。