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About St. Otranto Martyrs
various – 1480 · Feast August 14 · Martyrs (collective)
813 inhabitants of Otranto in Apulia (d. 14 August 1480), beheaded en masse on the hill of Minerva by the Ottoman invasion force of Mehmed II's general Gedik Ahmed Pasha for refusing to apostatize after the city's fall (28 July 1480). The Ottoman withdrawal a year later was attributed to their intercession. Canonized 2013 by Francis as "Antonio Primaldo and his Companions."
St. Otranto Martyrs is the patron saint of Otranto, Persecuted Christians and Steadfast Faith.
