Saint Blaise
Bishop of Sebaste in Armenia, Saint Blaise lived as a hermit on Mount Argaeus among wild beasts before being martyred un…
Historical figure
Licinius
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4 saints linked
Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
In 320, forty soldiers of the Thundering Legion refused to renounce their Christian faith under Emperor Licinius. Condem…
Saint Taurinus of Rome
A Roman nobleman whose birth was foretold by an angel, Taurinus left his homeland to evangelize Normandy in the 5th cent…
Saint Theodore of Heraclea (the General)
A general in the army of Licinius in the 4th century, Theodore first distinguished himself by slaying a dragon in Euchai…