Ten thousand martyrs
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Ten thousand martyrs may refer to the ten thousand martyred Fathers in the Deserts and caves of Scete by Theophilus of Alexandria or to the ten thousand martyrs of Mount Ararat who were, according to
Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand painted by Albrecht Dürer.
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Ten thousand martyrs
…containing "many historical inaccuracies and utterly improbable details". The Greek Orthodox Synaxarion also has a second entry which is listed on June 1, for "The Holy Ten Thousand Martyrs" in Antiochia, under Emperor Decius. However, it is unclear if this refers to the same event as the Roman Martyrology…
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St. Justin Martyr.
Crucifixion and Apotheosis of the Ten Thousand Martyrs. By Vittore Carpaccio, 1515.
Fresco of St. Fortunatus of Spoleto.