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𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓

St. Maximian, Malchus, Martinian, Dionysius, John Serapion, and Constantine “The Seven Sleepers” (Martyrs) July 27 A.D. 250 Having confessed the faith before the proconsul at Ephesus under Decius in 250, they were walled up together in a cave in which they had hid themselves, and there slept in the Lord. Some moderns, mistaking this expression, have imagined that they only lay asleep, till they were found in 479, under Theodosius the younger The truth seems to be, that their relics were then discovered. They are much honored by the Greeks, Syrians, and all the Oriental nations. Their relics were conveyed to Marseilles in a large stone coffin, which is still shown there in St. Victor s church.

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𝘖 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘺 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘋𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘴𝘵 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘴, 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘺 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘴, 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵, 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘦, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥.

𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘯.