Speusippus, Eleusippus, and Melapsippus
- Speusippus, Eleusippus, and Melapsippus
Saints Speusippus, Eleusippus, and Melapsippus (Meleusippus) (d. 175 AD) are venerated as Christian martyrs. Their legend, probably spurious, states that Speusippus, Eleusippus, and Melapsippus were Cappadocian triplets who were martyred under Marcus Aurelius. Their eldest sister Leonilla was killed with them.
Alternatively, Leonilla is stated to have been their grandmother and Junilla their mother, according to the "Roman Martyrology".
The author of their "Acts" is called Saint Neo or Neon, who was himself a martyr.
Relics
In 490, their purported relics were translated to St. Mammès' Cathedral, Langres. A church at Langres also containing their relics bears the name of Saint-Geome ("Holy Twins"). Most of their relics were later taken to Swabia and the church of Saint Guy in Elvange.
External links
* [http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0117.htm#leon Saints of January 17: Speusippus, Eleusippus, Meleusippus & Leonilla]
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08789c.htm Langres] at the Catholic Encyclopedia
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