Martyrs of Damascus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Martyrs of Damascus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



Martyrs of Damascus. Eight Franciscan and three Maronite martyrs slain in a Druse uprising in 1860 in Damascus, Syria. When they refused to accept the Muslim faith, they were executed. Pope Pius XI beatified them in 1926. Feastday July 10


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