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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Isakios and Meletios, bishops of Cyprus

Saint ID

S01635

Gender
Type of Saint
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E03748The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 23 May *Zechariah (father of John the Baptist, S00597), *Symeon (the Younger, stylite near Antioch, S00860), *Isakios and Meletios (bishops of Cyprus, S01635) and 'monk Nestereon', an unidentified figure.
E03750The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 25 May *James ('brother of the Lord', S00058), *Symeon (the God-receiver, elder of the temple of Jerusalem, S00285), *Zechariah (father of John the Baptist, S00597), martyrdom of *Therapon (bishop and martyr of Cyprus under Diocletian, S01751), *Meletios (bishops of Cyprus, S01635) and, as a marginal addition, *George (probably the soldier and martyr, S00259).