Feast March 9
Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
Martyr, patron of Persecuted Christians · Feast March 9
Biography
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.
Feast day
March 9
Patronage
- Persecuted Christians
Death date
c. 320 Anno Domini
Canonization status
Canonized
Feast month
3
Feast day of month
9