Socrates and Stephen

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Saint Socrates and Stephen
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Feast September 17
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Socrates and Stephen are a pair of Christian martyrs. Their feast day is September 17.

They are recorded in certain martyrologies as having been martyred in Britain. It has been conjectured by some that what may have happened was that "in Britannia" was mistakenly written for "in Bithynia".

[edit] References

  • Attwater, Donald and Catherine Rachel John. The Penguin Dictionary of Saints. 3rd edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1993. ISBN 0140513124.