Saint
Galation
A saint of Galatia, commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
- Feast
- June 22old style July 5
- Era
- unknown
- Place
- Galatia
Life
Holy Martyr Galation (also called Galaktion) died by drowning, after being thrown into the sea.
The verse of the synaxarion says that Galation thought the salty water of the sea sweeter than milk. No other details of his life, or of the place or time of his confession, are preserved. His commemoration is on 22 June, according to the calendar of the Church of Greece (new style).
Commemorated the same day June 22
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