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A group of 30 Christians martyred together in the persecutions of Diocletian.
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A large group of women martyred in the persecutions of Hunneric, Arian King of the Vandals.
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A Roman imperial legion of 6,600 soldiers, all of whom were Christians; they had been recruited from the area around Thebes in Upper Egypt, were led by Saint Maurice, and served under Emperor Maximian Herculeus. Around the year 287, Maximian led the army across the Alps to Agaunum, an area in modern Switzerland, in order to suppress a revolt by the Bagandre in Gaul. In connection with battle, the army offered public sacrifices to the Roman gods; the Theban Legion refused to participate. For refusing orders, the Legion was decimated – one tenth of them were executed. When the remainder refused to sacrifice to the gods, they were decimated again. When the survivors still refused to sacrifice, Maximinian ordered them all killed. Martyrs.
Known members of the Legion include
- Saint Alexander of Bergamo
- Saint Candidus the Theban
- Saint Exuperius
- Saint Innocent the Theban
- Saint Maurice
- Saint Secundus the Theban
- Saint Ursus the Theban
- Saint Victor of Agaunum
- Saint Victor of Xanten
- Saint Victor the Theban
- Saint Vitalis of Agaunum
Other profiled saints associated with the Legion include
- Saint Antoninus of Piacenza (martyred soldier; associated by later story tellers)
- Saint Adventor of Turin (not a member; associated by later story tellers)
- Saint Cassius (may have been a member)
- Saint Florentius the Martyr (may have been a member)
- Saint George of San Giorio (not a member; associated by later story tellers)
- Saint Gereon (not a member, but another soldier who was martyred for refusing to make a sacrifice to Roman gods)
- Saint Octavius of Turin (not a member; associated by later story tellers)
- Saint Secundus of Asti (not a member, but linked due to art work)
- Saint Solutor of Turin (not a member; associated by later story tellers)
- Saint Verena (wife of a member of the Legion)
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Twenty-three Christians who were martyred together in the persecutions of Diocletian.
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A group of twelve Christians martyred together, the final deaths in the persecutions of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Upon their conviction for the crime of being Christians, the group was offered 30 days to reconsider their allegiance to the faith; they all declined. Their official Acta still exist.
- Saint Acyllinus of Scillium
- Saint Cythinus of Scillium
- Saint Donata of Scillium
- Saint Felix of Scillium
- Saint Generosa of Scillium
- Saint Januaria of Scillium
- Saint Laetantius of Scillium
- Saint Narzales of Scillium
- Saint Secunda of Scillium
- Saint Speratus of Scillium
- Saint Vestina of Scillium
- Saint Veturius of Scillium
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A group of 20 martyrs who were killed together during the persecutions of Diocletian.
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A gang of thieves who converted while in prison, brought to the faith by Saint Jason and Saint Sosipater who were had been imprisoned for evangelizing. When the gang announced their new faith, they were martyred together. They were
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A group of criminals who were brought to the faith by Pope Saint Alexander I while he was in prison with them. Martyrs.
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Seven virgin-martyrs in Sirmium, Pannonia (modern Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia).
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Group of Christians martyred in Masyla in northwest Africa.
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