Martyrs of Otranto

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The Martyrs of Otranto are a group of 813 Italian Catholics executed by Ottoman forces in 1480 for refusing to convert to Islam, later canonized by the Catholic Church.

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Label Occurrences
Martyrs of Otranto canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic martyrs
Christian saints
group of people
beatificationDate 1771-12-14
beatifiedBy Pope Clement XIV
canonizationDate 2013-05-12
canonizationStatus canonized
canonizedBy Pope Francis
causeOfDeath execution by beheading
commemoratedBy liturgical feast in the Roman Rite
local processions in Otranto
conflict Ottoman invasion of Otranto
Ottoman–Italian wars
linked to: Italo-Turkish War
country Italy
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Naples
dateOfDeath 1480-08-14
describedBySource Roman Martyrology
ethnicGroup Italians
feastDay August 13 (some local calendars)
August 14
hasCause Ottoman siege of Otranto
hasPart Antonio Primaldo
Archpriest Stefano Agricolo
Bishop Stefano Pendinelli
killedBy Ottoman Empire
Ottoman troops
linked to: Ottoman Army
languageOfCommunity Italian
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Province of Lecce
majorShrine Cathedral of Santa Maria Annunziata, Otranto
linked to: Otranto Cathedral

Otranto Cathedral
mannerOfDeath mass execution
martyrdomFor defense of Christian faith
refusal to convert to Islam
notableMember Antonio Pezzulla
Antonio Primaldo
Archpriest Stefano Agricolo
Bishop Stefano Pendinelli
numberOfMembers 813
partOf Catholic–Ottoman relations
history of the Kingdom of Naples
patronage Archdiocese of Otranto
Otranto
placeOfDeath Apulia
Kingdom of Naples
Otranto
religion Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Christianity
veneratedIn Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Otranto Cathedral
yearOfDeath 1480

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Otranto hasSaint Martyrs of Otranto