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|SaintName=Forty Martyrs of Sebaste | |SaintName=Forty Martyrs of Sebaste | ||
|SaintStage=Saints | |SaintStage=Saints | ||
| | |FeastDay=March 09 (Eastern Orthodox), March 10 (Roman Catholic) | ||
|SaintBirthPlace=Unknown, likely various places in the Roman Empire | |SaintBirthPlace=Unknown, likely various places in the Roman Empire | ||
|SaintDeathDate=320-03-09 | |||
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|DeathPlace=Sebaste, Lesser Armenia (modern-day Sivas, Turkey) | |DeathPlace=Sebaste, Lesser Armenia (modern-day Sivas, Turkey) | ||
|SaintCauseOfDeath=Hypothermia, Martyrdom | |SaintCauseOfDeath=Hypothermia, Martyrdom | ||
|NotableAddress1=Lake near Sebaste where they were martyred | |NotableAddress1=Lake near Sebaste where they were martyred | ||
|Canonized=No | |||
|Canonized= | |||
|SaintMiracle1=One soldier's death upon renouncing faith, another's conversion and immediate martyrdom | |SaintMiracle1=One soldier's death upon renouncing faith, another's conversion and immediate martyrdom | ||
|Profession=Soldiers in the Roman Army, Legio XII Fulminata | |Profession=Soldiers in the Roman Army, Legio XII Fulminata | ||
|ReligiousAffiliation=Early Christians | |ReligiousAffiliation=Early Christians | ||
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|AdditionalVeneration=Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, some Protestant denominations | |AdditionalVeneration=Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, some Protestant denominations | ||
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The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste were a group of Roman soldiers who suffered martyrdom for their Christian faith in 320 AD under Emperor Licinius. These soldiers from the Twelfth Legion, known as the Fulminata, refused to offer sacrifices to Roman gods, leading to their execution on a frozen lake in Sebaste, Lesser Armenia. | The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste were a group of Roman soldiers who suffered martyrdom for their Christian faith in 320 AD under Emperor Licinius. These soldiers from the Twelfth Legion, known as the Fulminata, refused to offer sacrifices to Roman gods, leading to their execution on a frozen lake in Sebaste, Lesser Armenia. | ||