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Holy Martyrs

Forty-⁠six Martyrs of Rome

Forty-⁠six martyrs of Rome, killed around the year 269; few details survive.

Feast
October 25old style November 7
Reposed
2693rd century
Place
Rome
Order
Martyrs

Life

The Forty-⁠six Martyrs of Rome were forty-⁠six soldiers, together with one hundred and twenty-⁠one civilians, put to death in Rome under Claudius II in the year 269. They are commemorated on 25 October (the date in the calendars of Western saints, new style). The source consulted does not give their names; little else is known.

Commemorated the same day October 25