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40 martyrs of Sebaste, or Holy Forty, fresco, detail, 12th century, in the western niche on the north wall of the nave of the Panagia Asinou Church, or Panagia Forviotissa, a Byzantine church, originally the church of Forvion monastery, built from 1005, founded 1099, dedicated to the Virgin of Forvia, near Nikitari, in the Troodos mountains, Cyprus. The fresco depicts a legion of Roman soldiers martyred for their christian faith in 320 AD, by being made to stand naked in a frozen pond. The church is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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