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Meleusippus
martyr in Cappadocia
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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: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 17 January as one of three brothers martyred in Cappadocia, in present-day Turkey, with their grandmother Leonilla.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 17 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q140718029 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.