Feast Day: October 4th
The Life of Saint Kallistheni and her father Saint Adauctus: She was to marry the Emperor Maximian Galerius, but her father would not consent to the match because the Emperor was a pagan. Therefore, Audactus was deprived of his wealth and position, and was exiled to Melitene, Armenia where he was beheaded…
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Prayers
Saint Kallistheni and Saint Adauctus Pray to God for us.
Saint Kallistheni was to marry the emperor, however he was a pagan, so Saint Kallistheni’s father, Saint Adactus, did not allow the marriage. Saint Adauctus was then stripped of his wealth, exiled and beheaded. For some time afterwards, Saint Kallistheni hid with a woman, and she healed the woman’s daughter of an eye ailment. Saint Kallistheni later on regained her father’s wealth and gave it all away to the poor. She brought back her father’s body to Ephesus and built a Church dedicated to him, and lived the rest of her life devoted to Christ.
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