Sergius and Bacchus
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Sergius and Bacchus were fourth-century Syrian Christian soldiers revered as martyrs and military saints by the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches. Their feast day is 7 October.
Detail of a 7th-century icon of Saints Sergius and Bacchus
Martyrs Saints Sergius and Bacchus
Basilica of Saint Sergius, Rasafa, Syria
Assyrian Church of the East of Mar Sarkis (Saint Sergius), Tehran
Juventinus and Maximinus
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Saints Juventinus and Maximinus were Christian martyrs and members of the imperial guard of Emperor Julian. Their feast day is 25 January.
Sergius and Bacchus
…is accurate. Italian scholar Pio Franchi de Cavalieri has put forth that The Passion of Sergius and Bacchus was based on an earlier lost passion of Juventinus and Maximinus, two saints martyred under Emperor Julian the Apostate in 363. He noted especially that the punishment of being paraded around in women's clothes…
The beheading of Juventinus and Maximinus