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Forty Martyrs of Sebaste

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==Early Veneration==
Relics were distributed throughout many cities; in this way the veneration paid to the Forty Martyrs became widespread, and numerous churches were erected in their honour. One of them was built at [[Caesarea]], in Cappadocia, and it was in this church that St. [[Basil the Great|Basil]] publicly delivered his homily. St. [[Gregory of Nyssa]] was a special client of these holy martyrs. Two discourses in praise of them, preached by him in the church dedicated to them, are still preserved (''P.G.'', XLVI, 749 sqq., 773 sqq.) and upon the death of his parents, he laid them to rest beside the relics of the confessors. St. [[Ephrem the Syrian|Ephraem the Syrian]], has also eulogized the Forty Martyrs (''Hymni in SS. 40 martyres''). Historian [[Sozomen]], who was an eye-witness, has left us (''Hist. Eccl.'', IX, 2) an interesting account of the finding of the relics in Constantinople through the instrumentality of Empress [[Pulcheria the Empress|Pulcheria]].
==Hymns==
==External links==
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=100706 40 Holy Martyrs of Sebaste] ([[OCA]])
*[http://goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=454 40 Martyrs at Lake Sebaste] ([[GOARCH]])
*[http://www.westsrbdio.org/prolog/my.html?month=March&day=9 The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebastea] (''[[Prologue of Ohrid]]'')
[[Category:Martyrs]]
[[Category:Saints]]
[[Category:Ante-Nicene Saints]]
[[Category:Byzantine Saints]]
[[Category:4th-century saints]]
 
[[pt:Quarenta Mártires de Sebaste]]
[[ro:Sfinţii 40 de mucenici din Sevastia]]
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