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→249-251 (7th) Persecution of Christians under Emperor Decius.
====249-251 (7th) Persecution of Christians under Emperor Decius.====
*249 ''c,'' [[Christopher of Lycia]], ''the Cynocephalus'', martyr [[May 9]].
*250 The [[Seven Youths of Ephesus]] hide in cave to escape the persecutions of Decius and sleep for 184 years, [[August 4]]; ''c,'' [[Fabian of Rome|Fabian]], Bishop of Rome, arrested and dies as martyr probably from treatment in prison; [[Babylas of Antioch|Babylas]], bishop of Antioch, dies in prison during persecutions of Decius; [[Alexander of Jerusalem|Alexander]], bishop of Jerusalem dies in prison during persecution of Decius; Matrydom of [[Christopher of Lycia]]; Martyrdom of [[Cyprian and Justina]] at Nicomedia; Hieromartyr Leonidas, Bp. of Athens.
*251 ''c,'' [[Agatha of Palermo|Agatha]], martyred in Sicily, [[February 5]]; [[Isidore of Chios|Isidore]] and [[Myrope of Chios|Myrope]] of Chios, d. [[December 2]]; [[Alexander of Jerusalem|Alexander]], Bp. of Cappadocia and coadjutor Bp. of Jerusalem dies imprisoned, [[May 16]]/[[December 12]].
*253 Hieromartyr [[Babylas of Antioch|Babylas]], Bp. of Antioch beheaded [[September 4]].
