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🇸🇹 Martyrs' Day in Sao Tome and Principe
Commemoration of the Batepá Massacre
Date in Sao Tome and Principe
February 3
Instituted1953
Honors Christian converts killed for their faith in the 1880s.
Commemorates the victims of the 1953 Batepá massacre during Portuguese colonial rule
How Martyrs' Day is observed in Sao Tome and Principe
Historical significance
Marks the 1975 independence from Portuguese rule.
Public life in Sao Tome and Principe
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
On this day in Sao Tome and Principe's history
In Sao Tome and Principe, around 1953
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