holidays

Christian feast day: Forty Martyrs of Sebaste

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Forty Martyrs of Sebaste from March 9, null

Forty Martyrs of Sebaste

Roman soldiers and martyrs

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.
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March 9

Day of the year

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