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** Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
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The English saints are widely venerated, quite naturally, and now there is great hope that the Forty Martyrs and Cardinal Newman will soon be canonized.
The three Greek Orthodox chapels of St. James the Just, St. John the Baptist and of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste, south of the rotunda and on the west side of the front courtyard originally formed the baptistery complex of the Constantinean church, the southern most chapel being the vestibule, the middle chapel being the actual baptistery and the north chapel being the chamber in which the patriarch chrismated the newly baptized before leading them into the rotunda north of this complex.
Other recusants and martyrs are represented in the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales and amongst the Jacobites, such as the Earls of Derwentwater, particularly those ennobled in the Jacobite Peerage.
In Gregory's lifetime the Christians of Cappadocia were devout, with the cults of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste and Saint George being particularly significant and a considerable monastic presence.
When some other important feast occurs on a weekday, such as the First and Second Finding of the Head of John the Baptist ( February 24 ), the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste ( March 9 ), etc., it is usually combined with the Lenten service, and wine and oil are allowed at the meal.
The Bulgarian Declaration of Independence was proclaimed by him at the Saint Forty Martyrs Church in Turnovo.
The Catholic League's presses and supporters continued to spread stories about atrocities committed against Catholic priests and the laity in Protestant England ( see Forty Martyrs of England and Wales ).
An Orthodox believer, Gheorghe Eliade registered his son's birth four days before the actual date, to coincide with the liturgical calendar feast of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste.
Kaloyan's corpse ( together with his personal signet ring ) was discovered buried in the Church of the Holy Forty Martyrs in Tărnovo.
Southwell was beatified in 1929 and canonized by Pope Paul VI as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales on 25 October 1970.
* St Thomas Garnet SJ, canonized saint and protomartyr of St Omers, one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
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