Forty Martyrs of Sebaste

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Roman soldiers group of Christian martyrs saints

The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste were a group of Roman soldiers in the early 4th century who were executed for refusing to renounce their Christian faith and are venerated as saints in both Eastern and Western Christian traditions.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Forty Martyrs of Sebaste canonical	2
Forty Holy Martyrs of Sebaste	1
Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman soldiers ⓘ group of Christian martyrs ⓘ saints ⓘ
allegiance	Roman Empire ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Forty Martyrs of Sebaste ⓘ surface form: Forty Holy Martyrs of Sebaste Forty Martyrs of Sebaste ⓘ surface form: Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
associatedWith	Great Fast in Eastern Christianity ⓘ Lent ⓘ
causeOfDeath	burning of bodies ⓘ hypothermia ⓘ martyrdom ⓘ
commemoratedBy	church dedications ⓘ icons ⓘ liturgical hymns in the Byzantine Rite ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Roman Empire ⓘ
dateOfDeath	c. 320 ⓘ
depictedAs	forty naked soldiers on ice ⓘ group of soldiers with halos ⓘ
feastDay	10 March (some Eastern traditions) ⓘ 9 March (Byzantine tradition) ⓘ 9 March (Roman Martyrology) ⓘ various dates in local calendars ⓘ
hasLegend	another guard joined the martyrs to restore the number to forty ⓘ martyrs forced to stand naked on a frozen lake ⓘ one soldier renounced faith and left the ice ⓘ
languageOfName	Greek ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	execution ⓘ
militaryBranch	Roman army ⓘ
notableFor	collective martyrdom ⓘ refusing to renounce their Christian faith ⓘ
numberOfMembers	40 ⓘ
occupation	soldiers ⓘ
patronage	Armenia ⓘ Sebaste ⓘ soldiers ⓘ
persecutedBy	Licinius ⓘ
persecutedUnder	Licinius ⓘ Roman imperial authorities ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Sebaste ⓘ Sebaste in Armenia ⓘ Sebaste in Roman Armenia ⓘ Sebaste ⓘ surface form: Sebastia
religion	Christianity ⓘ
timePeriod	early 4th century ⓘ
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Lutheranism ⓘ surface form: Lutheran Churches Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Diocletianic Persecution → notableMartyr → Forty Martyrs of Sebaste ⓘ

Xeropotamou Monastery → dedicatedTo → Forty Martyrs of Sebaste ⓘ

Forty Martyrs of Sebaste → alsoKnownAs → Forty Martyrs of Sebaste ⓘ

this entity surface form: Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste

Forty Martyrs of Sebaste → alsoKnownAs → Forty Martyrs of Sebaste ⓘ

this entity surface form: Forty Holy Martyrs of Sebaste