Saint
Melanius of Troyes
Saint of Troyes, venerated in the Western Church.
- Feast
- March 13old style March 26
- Era
- 5th century
Life
Melanius of Troyes (in French Mélaine, Melen) was a confessor and the fifth bishop of Troyes, after Saint Amator. His cult is kept at the abbey of Celle, and his holy head is in the cathedral of Saint Andrew in Troyes. He is commemorated on 13 March, in the Western calendar (new style). The Russian source places him around 390; no other details of his life survive in our sources. A saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.
Commemorated the same day March 13
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