Sadok and 48 Dominican martyrs from Sandomierz

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Sadok and 48 Dominican martyrs from Sandomierz
Meczennicy Sandomierscy.jpg
Chapel in Sandomierz St. James' church
Died 2 February 1260
Sandomierz
Beatified 18 October 1807, Rome by Pius VII
Major shrine Dominican Church and Convent of St. James in Sandomierz
Feast 2 June (former 29 October)

Sadok and 48 Dominican martyrs from Sandomierz were Roman Catholic, Dominican martyrs killed by Mongols during the Second Mongol Invasion of Poland in 1260. Because of those martyrs' deaths, Polish Dominican friars may use red belts in their habits.

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