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Seven Sleepers

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Seven noble youths of Ephesus who, to escape the persecution of Decius, fled into a cave, where they fell asleep and woke up at the end of two centuries.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Seven Sleepers'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​s/seven-sleepers.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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