3rd–4th century
Saints Eulampius and Eulampia
Brother and sister from Nicomedia who were martyred during the persecutions of Christians; according to tradition, two hundred pagans who came to believe after witnessing their endurance were beheaded with them.
Biography
Eulampius and his sister Eulampia, from Nicomedia, were hiding with other Christians in the mountains during the persecution under Maximian, devoting themselves to prayer and the study of Scripture.
When Eulampius went into Nicomedia for supplies, he was recognised and arrested; he confessed his faith and, taken to a pagan temple, shattered the statue of the god Ares through prayer. Seeing him whipped, Eulampia ran to embrace him, asking to be martyred alongside her brother.
According to tradition, when both were thrown into a cauldron of boiling water, they emerged unharmed, which led two hundred pagan onlookers to believe in Christ; all of them were beheaded together.