I believe this happened to several cults of doubtful
historicity, but no doubt someone else will have fuller
details.
On Fri, 10 Mar 2000 10:06:58 -0700 Dick Fischbach
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Interim Saints - March 10th
>
> > THE FORTY MARTYRS OF SEBASTE (about A.D. 320)
> >
> > Forty soldiers of the Thundering Legion, "natives of differenct
> > countries, but all young, brave, and distinguished for their services,
> > refused to sacrifice to the idols," and were frozen to death in an icy
> > pond.
>
> The Encyclopedia of Saints states that this cult was surpressed in
> 1969. Why?
>
> Dick Fischbach
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