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E05412: Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 17 January at Langres (eastern Gaul) of *Speusippus, Elasippus and Melasippus (martyrs of Langres, S02046). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731.
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XVI Kl. Feb. Et apud Lingones, natale geminorum Speusippi, Elasippi et Melasippi: qui cum essent viginti quinque annorum, cum avia sua Leonilla et Ionilla et Neone martyrio coronati sunt, tempore Aureliani imperatoris. Gemini quidem in una arbore suspensi, ligatis manibus sursum pedibus vero deorsum, ita extenti ut pene putarentur ab ipsa membrorum compage separari; et post haec in ignem praecipitati, nec tamen flaminis laesi, inter verba orationum simul migraverunt ad Dominum. Ionilla haec uidens confessa est se etiam christianam, et mox comprehensa a turbis, a capillis suspensa ac multis afflicta suppliciis, cum Christum negare noluisset, cum Leonilla est simul gladio perempta. Neon exceptor gestorum, et ipse Christi nomen confessus, martyrio coronatus est. Docuit autem et baptizavit geminos Benignus presbyter quem misit ab Oriente beatus Polycarpus, Iohannis apostoli auditor, in Galliam cum Andochio compresbytero et Thyrso diacono. Sepulti autem sunt iidem gemini in secundo milliario ab urbe Lingonum.
'17 January. And at Langres, the feast of the triplets Speusippus, Elasippus and Melasippus: who when they were twenty-five years old, with their grandmother Leonilla and Ionilla and Neon, were crowned by martyrdom, in the time of the emperor Aurelian. Indeed the triplets, hung in a single tree with their hands tied upward but their feet tied downward, were so stretched out that they were nearly reckoned to have been severed from the very joining of their limbs; and having been cast down headlong into the fire after these things, yet not harmed by the flames, between words of prayer they migrated together to the Lord. Ionilla, seeing these things, acknowledged that she was also a Christian and, having soon been apprehended by the crowd, hung from her hair and weakened by many torments, was slain by the sword together with Leonilla since she was unwilling to deny Christ. Neon, the scribe of their deeds, having himself also acknowledged Christ, was crowned with martyrdom. Moreover Benignus, a priest whom the blessed Polycarp (disciple of the apostle John) sent from the East to Gaul with Anodochius, a fellow priest, and Thyrsus, a deacon, instructed and baptized these triplets. Moreover those very same triplets were buried at the second milestone from the town of Langres.'
Text: Quentin 1908, 62-3. Translation: Lifshitz 2000, 179-80, lightly modified.
XVI Kl. Feb. Et apud Lingones, natale geminorum Speusippi, Elasippi et Melasippi: qui cum essent viginti quinque annorum, cum avia sua Leonilla et Ionilla et Neone martyrio coronati sunt, tempore Aureliani imperatoris. Gemini quidem in una arbore suspensi, ligatis manibus sursum pedibus vero deorsum, ita extenti ut pene putarentur ab ipsa membrorum compage separari; et post haec in ignem praecipitati, nec tamen flaminis laesi, inter verba orationum simul migraverunt ad Dominum. Ionilla haec uidens confessa est se etiam christianam, et mox comprehensa a turbis, a capillis suspensa ac multis afflicta suppliciis, cum Christum negare noluisset, cum Leonilla est simul gladio perempta. Neon exceptor gestorum, et ipse Christi nomen confessus, martyrio coronatus est. Docuit autem et baptizavit geminos Benignus presbyter quem misit ab Oriente beatus Polycarpus, Iohannis apostoli auditor, in Galliam cum Andochio compresbytero et Thyrso diacono. Sepulti autem sunt iidem gemini in secundo milliario ab urbe Lingonum.
'17 January. And at Langres, the feast of the triplets Speusippus, Elasippus and Melasippus: who when they were twenty-five years old, with their grandmother Leonilla and Ionilla and Neon, were crowned by martyrdom, in the time of the emperor Aurelian. Indeed the triplets, hung in a single tree with their hands tied upward but their feet tied downward, were so stretched out that they were nearly reckoned to have been severed from the very joining of their limbs; and having been cast down headlong into the fire after these things, yet not harmed by the flames, between words of prayer they migrated together to the Lord. Ionilla, seeing these things, acknowledged that she was also a Christian and, having soon been apprehended by the crowd, hung from her hair and weakened by many torments, was slain by the sword together with Leonilla since she was unwilling to deny Christ. Neon, the scribe of their deeds, having himself also acknowledged Christ, was crowned with martyrdom. Moreover Benignus, a priest whom the blessed Polycarp (disciple of the apostle John) sent from the East to Gaul with Anodochius, a fellow priest, and Thyrsus, a deacon, instructed and baptized these triplets. Moreover those very same triplets were buried at the second milestone from the town of Langres.'
Text: Quentin 1908, 62-3. Translation: Lifshitz 2000, 179-80, lightly modified.
History
Evidence ID
E05412Saint Name
Speusippus, Elasippus and Melasippus, martyrs of Langres : S02046Saint Name in Source
Speusippus, Elasippus et MelasippusRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Liturgical texts - Calendars and martyrologies Literary - Hagiographical - Other saint-related textsLanguage
- Latin
Evidence not before
725Evidence not after
731Activity not before
175Activity not after
731Place of Evidence - Region
Britain and IrelandPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
Wearmouth and JarrowPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Wearmouth and Jarrow St Albans St Albans VerulamiumMajor author/Major anonymous work
BedeCult activities - Festivals
- Saint’s feast