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The Forty Martyrs of SebasteSaints

The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste

10th century (martyrdom event AD 320)· Museum of Byzantine Art (Bode Museum)
Photo by Anagoria (2013). Wikimedia Commons. Dual-licensed under GFDL 1.2+ and CC BY 3.0. The underlying 10th-century ivory plaque is in the public domain.