Sunday, December 15, 2019

SAINT MELITO OF SARDIS

St. Melito of Sardis

Feastd ay: April 1
Death: 180

Bishop of Sardis in Lydia, Asia Minor. He was praised by Eusebius and had the gift of prophecy. Melito had a great reputation as an ecclesiastical writer, authoring an Apologia for Christianity to Emperor Marcus Aurelius. He was also revered by Tertullian as a prophet.

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