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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


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
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00095John 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.
E02056John 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).
E02282Sozomen, 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.
E04006Socrates, 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.