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Melito of Sardis
c. 110 – c. 180 · Bishop of Sardis
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Quick facts
- Born
- c. 110
- Died
- c. 180, Sardis
- See
- Sardis
- Region
- asia minor
- Era
- apologist
- Significance
- Notable(2/4)
- Also known as
- Melito
Highlights
- Main contribution
- Bishop of Sardis, author of Peri Pascha (On the Pascha) and an Apology to Marcus Aurelius.
- Primary source
- Eusebius, Hist. Eccl. 4.26, 5.24
Bishop of Sardis, author of Peri Pascha (On the Pascha) and an Apology to Marcus Aurelius. Quartodeciman in his Easter observance.
Recommended reading near Melito
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Sources for biography
- Eusebius, Hist. Eccl. 4.26, 5.24 primary
- Melito, Peri Pascha primary
documented connections(2)
- cited (incoming) Eusebius of CaesareaEusebius preserves substantial fragments of Melito (including the canon list and the Apology to Marcus Aurelius) in HE 4.26.Eusebius, Hist. Eccl. 4.26
- knew of (incoming) Polycrates of EphesusIn his letter to Pope Victor preserved by Eusebius, Polycrates names Melito of Sardis among the 'great luminaries' of Asia who kept the Quartodeciman Pascha.Polycrates, Letter to Victor, in Eusebius Hist. Eccl. 5.24.5
External resources
📖WikipediaFull encyclopedic biography with footnotes and further reading.🔗WikidataStructured data hub linking to library catalogues, archives, and academic sources worldwide.🏛️WikisourcePublic-domain primary texts and translations (search).⛪Catholic Encyclopedia1913 reference — long entries, useful for less-known figures (search for Melito of Sardis).