42 Martyrs of Amorium
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The 42 Martyrs of Amorium 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.
Martyrion Agion Theodorou Konstantinou Kallistratou Theophilou Synaou Dionysiou
Amorium
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Amorium, also known as Amorion, was a city in Phrygia, Asia Minor which was founded in the Hellenistic period, flourished under the Byzantine Empire, and declined after the Arab sack of 838. It was si
42 Martyrs of Amorium
…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. In 838, the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim (r. 833–842) led a major campaign against the Byzantine Empire that ended in the…
Ruins of Amorium
Gold solidus of Emperor Michael II the Amorian and his son Theophilos
Ruins of the wall of Amorion