Name
Melania the Elder, aristocrat of Rome, monastic founder in Jerusalem, ob. 410
Saint ID
S01185
Reported Death Not Before
410
Reported Death Not After
410
Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Monastic founders
| ID | Title | E02016 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (1.38), records the death in 356 of *Antony ('the Great', monk of Egypt, S00398), and the voyage of *Melania the Elder (aristocrat of Rome, monastic founder in Jerusalem, ob. 410, S01185) from Rome to Jerusalem, where she is given the honorific name 'Thecla', after *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/594. | 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 | E03331 | Palladius of Helenopolis, in his Lausiac History (46, 54, 55), recounts the story of *Melania the Elder (aristocrat of Rome, monastic founder in Jerusalem, ob. 410, S01185). Written in Greek at Aspuna or Ankyra (both Galatia, central Asia Minor), 419/420. | E05101 | Paulinus of Nola, with a letter to Sulpicius Severus of c. 400 (Letter 29), sends a tunic which he had received from *Melania the Elder (aristocrat of Rome, monastic founder in Jerusalem, ob. 410, S01185). Paulinus had worn this tunic before sending it, in order to receive spiritual benefits from something which would soon be owned by Severus. Written in Latin at Nola (southern Italy). | E05102 | Paulinus of Nola, in a letter to Sulpicius Severus of c. 400 (Letter 29), describes the visit of *Melania the Elder (aristocrat of Rome, monastic founder in Jerusalem, ob. AD 410, S01185) to the shrine of *Felix (priest and confessor of Nola, S00000) at Nola/Cimitile (southern Italy). Her sanctity is referred to using hagiographic tropes and her clothes are believed to impart spiritual benefit. Written in Latin at Nola. | E06493 | The Latin Life of *Sadalberga (abbess of Laon, ob. 671/8, S02434) records the saint's life, miracles, and death. Written perhaps at Laon (north-east Gaul), c. 680. | 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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