Pope Francis canonizes hundreds of slain Italians




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Summary: Proclaiming the first saints of his pontificate, Pope Francis on Sunday canonized 813 Italians who were slain by Turkish soldiers in a 15th-century siege. When residents of a small port town called Otranto refused to surrender to the Ottoman army in 1480, the soldiers were ordered to massacre all men over the age of 15.