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Forty Martyrs.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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(1) This number of soldiers is commemorated on March 9, as having suffered under Licinius in 320, at Sebaste, in Armenia.
(2) Another set of forty martyrs is commemorated on May 20, as having suffered in Persia, A.D. 375.
(3) Forty virgins are said to have suffered on December 24, under Decius, at Antioch, in Syria.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Forty Martyrs.'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/f/forty-martyrs.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Forty Martyrs.'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/f/forty-martyrs.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
