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Melito of Sardis

c. 110 – c. 180 · Bishop of Sardis
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Bishop of Sardis, author of Peri Pascha (On the Pascha) and an Apology to Marcus Aurelius. Quartodeciman in his Easter observance.

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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 Caesarea
    Eusebius 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 Ephesus
    In 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

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