Theodore Krateros
Who they were
The 42 Martyrs of Amorium (Ancient Greek: οἰ ἅγιοι μβ′ μάρτυρες τοῦ Ἀμορίου) were a group of Byzantine senior officials taken prisoner by the Abbasid Caliphate in the Sack of Amorium in 838 and executed in 845, after they refused to convert to Islam. They are commemorated by the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church on March 6. Amorium is located at Hisar, Turkey.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Roman Martyrology, 6 March (the Forty-two Martyrs of Amorium) / santiebeati.it — Taken at the fall of Amorium in 838 and put to death after years of prison for refusing to deny the faith, Theodore Krateros is one of the Forty-two Martyrs of Amorium. The Roman Martyrology keeps them at 6 March ('sanct
- Wikidata Q3526444 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
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