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Leonilla
martyr in Cappadocia, grandmother of the martyred brothers
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Feast: 17 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
In Cappadocia, in present-day Turkey, the holy martyrs Speusippus, Eleusippus and Meleusippus, brothers, and their grandmother Leonilla.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: she has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 17 January as the grandmother of three brothers martyred with her in Cappadocia, in present-day Turkey.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 17 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q140718192 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.