Tag: Forty Martyrs of Sebastia
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03 Works, Today, March 9th, is The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebastia’s Day, With Footnotes – #67
The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebastia, were a group of Roman soldiers in the Legio XII Fulminata (Armed with Lightning), under one general, taken captive in the time of Licinius, in 320, victims of the persecutions of Licinius, who after 316, persecuted the Christians of the East. They were stripped naked and cast onto a frozen lake at Sebastia…
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