Both Eusebius in his church history and Lactantius in his history of the persecutions mention Galerius as being the emperor who ended the persecution of Christians of Diocletian, which, it should be remembered, had also been instigated by Galerius in 303, when Diocletian was still alive. I have always been puzzled by the fact that Galerius has not received more credit for his edict and in fact has been utterly forgotten, possibly because Constantine wanted all credit for himself. The name of Licinius, Constantine’s final rival for sole imperial authority, eventually disappeared in historical documents mentioning the Galerian edict. The survivors get to write the history, else the current celebrations might be taking place in Sofia (ancient Serdica), where Galerius, son of a shepherd, was born (c. 260).