The Theban Legion (also known as the Martyrs of Agaunum) figures in Christian hagiography as an entire Roman legion — of six thousand six hundred and sixty-six men — who had converted en masse to Christianity and were martyred together in 286 according to the hagiographies of Saint Maurice the chief among the Legion’s saints. Their feast day is held on September 22.
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Agaunum
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Martyrs
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Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Eastern Orthodox Church, Catholic Church
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