Name
Melania the Younger, aristocratic ascetic in Jerusalem, ob. 439
Saint ID
S01134
Number in BH
BHG 1241-2; BHL 5585-6
Reported Death Not Before
439
Reported Death Not After
439
Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns, Miracle-workers in lifetime
| ID | Title | E01994 | The Life of *Melania the Younger (aristocratic ascetic in Jerusalem, ob. 439, S01134) is written by Gerontius, a monk at her monastery; it tells of her renunciation of worldly wealth and her travels from Rome, by way of Africa, to Jerusalem, where she establishes two monasteries, and presents her as an ideal ascetic and monastic founder. Written in Greek or Latin, probably in Jerusalem, c. 450. Overview entry. | E01997 | The Life of *Melania the Younger (aristocratic ascetic in Jerusalem, ob. 439, S01134), by Gerontius, a monk at her monastery, recounts how she kept vigils for the feast of *Laurence (deacon and martyr of Rome, S00037), and then visited his martyrion, in c. 405. Written in Greek or Latin, probably in Jerusalem, c. 450. | E01998 | The Life of *Melania the Younger (aristocratic ascetic in Jerusalem, ob. 439, S01134), by Gerontius, a monk at her monastery, recounts how in Alexandria she met abba *Nestoros (Egyptian monk, early 5th c., S01136) who had powers of prophecy and healing. Written in Greek or Latin, probably in Jerusalem, c. 450. | E01999 | The Life of *Melania the Younger (aristocratic ascetic in Jerusalem, ob. 439, S01134), by Gerontius, a monk at her monastery, recounts how, in 417/418, she placed relics of the prophet *Zechariah (S00283), *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030) and the *Forty Martyrs of Sebaste (S00103) in the oratory of the female monastery she founded on the Mount of Olives outside Jerusalem; and how she later built a small martyrion, whose dedication is not recorded, for the male monastery she had founded subsequently. Written in Greek or Latin, probably in Jerusalem, c. 450. | E02000 | The Life of *Melania the Younger (aristocratic ascetic in Jerusalem, ob. 439, S01134), by Gerontius, a monk at her monastery, recounts how Melania erected a shrine of the *Apostles (Apostoleion) at her monastery on the Mount of Olives at Jerusalem, in c. 430, and how her husband and mother were buried there. Written in Greek or Latin, probably in Jerusalem, c. 450. | E02001 | The Life of *Melania the Younger (aristocratic ascetic in Jerusalem, ob. 439, S01134), by Gerontius, a monk at her monastery, recounts that she stayed at the martyrion of *Leontios (martyr of Tripolis S00216) in Tripolis (Roman province of Phoenice), when travelling to Constantinople in 436; the martyr helps her obtain the draft animals she needs to pursue her journey. Written in Greek or in Latin, probably in Jerusalem, c. 450. | E02002 | The Life of *Melania the Younger (aristocratic ascetic in Jerusalem, ob. 439, S01134), by Gerontius, a monk at her monastery, recounts how, in 436, she stopped at the martyrion of *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017) in Chalcedon (north-west Asia Minor, close to Constantinople), and found comfort there. Written in Greek or Latin, probably in Jerusalem, c. 450. | E02003 | The Life of *Melania the Younger (aristocratic ascetic in Jerusalem, ob. 439, S01134), by Gerontius, a monk at her monastery, recounts how shortly before her death, on the feast of the martyr, she visited the martyrion of *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030), and later went to the martyrion of the male monastery she had founded, which also had relics of Stephen. Written in Greek or Latin, probably in Jerusalem, c. 450. | E02004 | The Life of *Melania the Younger (aristocratic ascetic in Jerusalem, ob. 439, S01134), by Gerontius, a monk at her monastery, recounts how she stayed at the martyrion of *Phokas (probably either the martyr of Antioch, S00413, or the martyr of Sinope, S00052) at Sidon (Roman province of Phoenice), in 439. Written in Greek or Latin , probably in Jerusalem, c. 450. | E03176 | Palladius of Helenopolis writes the Lausiac History, a collection of short narratives and teachings of male and female ascetics in Egypt, Syria, Palestine, Asia Minor, and Italy, commissioned by the patrician Lausos. Written in Greek at Aspuna or Ankyra (both Galatia, central Asia Minor), 419/420. Overview entry | E03266 | The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 6 July, at the monastery founded by *Melania the Younger (aristocratic ascetic in Jerusalem, S01134), *Isaiah (Old Testament prophet, S00282) | E06492 | The Latin Life of *Rusticula, also known as Marcia (abbess of Arles, ob. 627/632, S02433), is written by the presbyter Florentius; it recounts her pious childhood, her many years as abbess of the monastery of saint John at Arles (southern Gaul), her political travails, and several lifetime and posthumous miracles. Written in southern Gaul, c. 627/640. Overview entry. | E08505 | The Latin Life of *Rusticula (abbess of Arles, ob. 627/632, S02433) describes Rusticula's visions of *Lucia (virgin and martyr of Syracuse, S00846), Melania (*Melania the Elder, S01185, or *Melania the Younger, S01134, ascetics in Rome and Jerusalem), and *Michael (the Archangel, S00181). Written in southern Gaul, c. 627/640. |
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