Martyr · 4th century
120 Martyrs of Persia
A company of 120 Christians taken captive and martyred under the Persian Shah Sapor (Shapur II) in the mid-fourth century, put to death by fire for confessing Christ.
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Notes
Named cluster commemorated as one. Suffered c. 344-347 under Sapor.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints