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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