The Holy Father canonized the 800 Martyrs of Otranto today.
These 800 people chose death rather than renounce Christ. Their courage and the resistance of their fellow citizens saved Rome from the fate of Constantinople, which had fallen to the Ottoman Turks in 1453.
These videos tell about their sacrifice then and canonization in Rome today. The second video also describes the canonization of two other saints.
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