Άγιοι Επτά Παίδες εν Εφέσω
- attributed to Jacob of Serugh based on an earlier Greek source
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- Άγιοι Επτά κοιμώμενους της Εφέσου, attributed to Jacob of Serugh based on an earlier Greek source (Christian and Islamic legend, circa AD 400).
Seven Christian children hide in a cave to escape Roman persecution, but once in the cave, they fall asleep for three centuries.
—Michael Main
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- Roman Empire: during the time that Christians were persecuted in the Roman Empire
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- Άγιοι Επτά κοιμώμενους της Εφέσου, attributed to Jacob of Serugh based on an earlier Greek source (Christian and Islamic legend, circa AD 400).
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