Galaction and Episteme

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Saints Galaction and Episteme
Martyrdom of Saint Galaction and his wife Saint Episteme at Emesa, from the Menologion of Basil II
Martyrs
Died	251 AD Emesa
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church
Canonized	Pre-Congregation
Feast	November 5 (Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox)

Saint Galaction (also Galaktion, sometimes Galation) was a 3rd-century Syrian Christian, martyred with his wife, Episteme (Epistima), whom he had converted to the Christian faith (Greek: Γαλακτίων και Επιστήμη^[1]).