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Saint Behnam
Syriac saint
Feast: 10 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Saints Behnam, Sarah, and the Forty Martyrs were 4th-century Christians who suffered martyrdom during the reign of Zoroastrian King Shapur II. They are venerated as saints in the Oriental Orthodox Churches and their lives are described in writings known as the Persian martyr acts.
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The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
- Wikidata Q7401033 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Behnam, Sarah, and the Forty Martyrs (CC BY-SA)
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