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The name "Eulampius" means "radiant."
At the beginning of the fourth century, when the fires of persecution stirred up by Diocletian and his colleague Maximian were ablaze, Nicomedia was turned into a place of mass slaughter, where Christians were brought forth to martyrdom in droves. It is said that Eulampius came from a wealthy family. While still a young lad, he fled with his sister to a cave outside the city.
When it became necessary for him to go down into the city, he saw the imperial decree posted up and began to read it. When he was seized, he was led before the governor Galerius and those around him. They tried to entice him away from the faith, but he refused, and he began to mock the idols, so he was subjected to severe tortures. When his sister heard of it, she rushed to him through the crowds of pagans surrounding him, threw herself upon his neck, and began to weep and to encourage him. She too was seized and humiliated, yet in her faith she was like an immovable rock.
The brother and sister were cast into a cauldron filled with boiling pitch, but they kept praising God, who preserved them from harm. At that, about two hundred of the watching pagan multitude believed and confessed the Lord Christ; they delivered themselves up to the governor, who ordered their heads to be cut off. They went forth as a procession preceding Saints Eulampius and his sister Eulampia, who followed after these martyrs. This took place around the year 303 A.D.
The feast is on the 10th of October