c. 320 Anno Domini, Sebaste (modern-day Sivas, Turkey)
Martyred by
Emperor Licinius
Means of martyrdom
Exposure
Venerated in
Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodoxy
Oriental Orthodoxy
Lutheran Church
Anglican Church
Canonized
Pre-Congregation
Feast
9 March 10 March (pre-1970 General Roman Calendar)[1]
Attributes
Crown of martyrdom Martyr's palm
Patronage
Persecuted Christians
Holy Forty Martyrs Church, Veliko Tarnovo, 13th century
The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste or the Holy Forty (Ancient/Katharevousa Greek Ἅγιοι Τεσσαράκοντα; Demotic: Άγιοι Σαράντα) were a group of Roman soldiers in the Legio XII Fulminata (Armed with Lightning) whose martyrdom in the year 320 AD for the Christian faith is recounted in traditional martyrologies.
They were killed near the city of Sebaste, in Lesser Armenia (present-day Sivas in Turkey), victims of the persecutions of Licinius who, after 316, persecuted the Christians of the East. The earliest account of their existence and martyrdom is given by Bishop Basil of Caesarea (370–379) in a homily he delivered on their feast day.[2] The Feast of the Forty Martyrs is thus older than Basil himself, who eulogised them only fifty or sixty years after their deaths.
^"Forty Martyrs of Sebaste". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
^Homilies xix in P.G., XXXI, 507 sqq.
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