Adauctus of Ephesus

Holy Martyr Adauctus of Ephesus, also called Davictus, was the governor of the city of Ephesus in the time of Emperor Maximian and confessed the Christian faith. Because he resisted giving his daughter, Callisthenia, in marriage to the pagan emperor, he was stripped of rank and wealth, sent into exile at Melitene and there beheaded with the sword. He is commemorated on 17 October.

Saint Callisthenia hid first at Nicomedia, then withdrew to Thrace. After the death of Maximian she returned to her homeland, where she received back the property taken and distributed it to the poor. She moved her father's body from the place of exile to Asia and built a church in his memory. She herself, spending the rest of her life in a way pleasing to God, departed to the Lord in peace.