Holy Martyr Urpasianus was a dignitary of Roman Emperor

Roman Emperor

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 Galerius

Galerius

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 in the early 4th century.

During the Christian

Eastern Christianity

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 persecutions perpetrated under Galerius martyr Urpasianus renounced his position as a servant of the emperor stating, "Henceforth I am a warrior of the Heavenly King

Trinity

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, the Lord Jesus

Jesus

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 Christ

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. Take back the insignia that was given to me."http://www.oca.org/FSLivesAllSaints.asp?SID=4&M=3&D=9 Consequently Urpasianus was tortured and executed by flame.

Holy Martyr

Christian martyrs

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 Urpasianus is commemorated 9 March in the Eastern Orthodox Church

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See also

• Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
  Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
  The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste or the Holy Forty were a group of Roman soldiers in the Legio XII Fulminata whose martyrdom in 320 for the Christian faith is recounted in traditional martyrologies.They were killed near Sebaste, in Lesser Armenia, victims of the persecutions of Licinius,...
  
   also commemorated 9 March
• Martyrs of China, martyred by the state in 19-20th century
• Bartolome Blanco Marquez
  Bartolome Blanco Marquez
  Blessed Bartolomé Blanco Márquez Bartolomé Blanco Márquez was born in Pozoblanco, Córdoba Province, Spain in 1914. He was arrested as a Catholic leader—he was the secretary of Catholic Action and a delegate to the Catholic Syndicates—on Aug. 18, 1936. He was executed on Oct...
  
  , martyred under similar circumstances in 20th century Spain
  Spain
  Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...