Forty Martyrs of Armenia

Also known as

• Forty Armenian Martyrs
• Forty Martyrs of Christ
• Forty Martyrs of Sebaste

Memorial

• 10 March

Profile

Forty Christian soldiers of the Thunderstruck Legion of the Imperial Roman army who were tortured and murdered for their faith during the persecutions of Emperor Licinius.

Died

• exposed naked on a frozen pond to freeze to death at Sebaste, Armenia in 320
• bodies afterward burned

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Heiligen 3s
• Kirken i Norge
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Forty Martyrs of Armenia“. Saints.SQPN.com. 5 May 2013. Web. 25 May 2013. <>