Name
Meletios, bishop of Antioch, ob. 381
Saint ID
S01192
Number in BH
BHG 1243-1245
Reported Death Not Before
381
Reported Death Not After
381
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops
ID | Title | E00095 | John Chrysostom delivers in Greek his homily On *Babylas (bishop and martyr of Antioch, S00061), during the saint’s festival in Antioch (Syria). He recounts the miraculous destruction of Apollo’s temple at Daphne, after the removal of the saint’s remains, and how Bishop *Meletios (S01192) built a new shrine for the martyr, and was buried next to him. Written in Antioch, in the late 380s or 390s. | E02056 | John Chrysostom in his homily On *Meletios (bishop of Antioch, S01192), of 386, refers to the saint's popular veneration, which included the naming of children after him, and the multiple production of his images. Written in Greek at Antioch (Syria). | E02282 | Sozomen, in his Ecclesiastical History (7.10), reports that the remains of *Paulos (bishop of Constantinople, ob. 350s, S01500) were brought from Anatolia to Constantinople in 381, and buried in a church that then bore his name. At the same time, the body of *Meletios (bishop of Antioch, S01192) was ceremoniously taken from Constantinople to Antioch and buried next to the tomb of *Babylas (bishop and martyr of Antioch, S00061). Written in Greek at Constantinople, 439/450. | E04006 | Socrates, in his Ecclesiastical History (5.9), reports the transfer in 381/2 of the remains of *Paulos (bishop of Constantinople, ob. 350s, S01500) from Koukousos in Armenia to Constantinople, where they are buried at the former church of the Macedonianists. In the same period, the body of *Meletios (bishop of Antioch, ob. 381, S01192) is transferred from Constantinople to Antioch. Written in Greek at Constantinople, 439/446. |
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