Christian feast day: Forty Martyrs of Sebaste

The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste or the Holy Forty were a group of Roman soldiers in the Legio XII Fulminata whose martyrdom in the year 320 AD for the Christian faith is recounted in traditional martyrologies.

March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 297 days remain until the end of the year.