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Sir Galahad , hero of Arthurian legend . He was the son of Launcelot and Elaine, the daughter of King Pelles. Because he was the noblest and purest of the knights of Christendom, he alone, according to Sir Thomas Malory , achieved the Holy Grail (see Grail, Holy ).

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Galahad the noblest of King Arthur's knights, son of Sir Lancelot, renowned for immaculate purity and destined to find the Holy Grail.

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