Saint Meleusippus

Memorial

• 17 January

Profile

Triplet brother of Saint Speusippus and Saint Eleusippus; grandson of Saint Leonilla. Martyred by Marcus Aurelius. An extraordinary series of legends grew up around the family over the years.

Died

• Langres, France

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Heiligen 3s
• Katherine Rabenstein
• Kirken i Norge
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Roman Martyrology
• Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

• “Saint Meleusippus“. Saints.SQPN.com. 16 January 2013. Web. 21 May 2013. <>