Martyr
Meliton
Life
Holy Martyr Meliton suffered a martyr's death in the time of the emperor Trajan (98-117), at Caesarea in Cappadocia, beside the Holy Martyrs Theodotus and Theodota, Diomedes, Eulampius, Peter, Asclepiodotus and Golinduch. He is commemorated on 3 July.
The sources available to us preserve no details of his life or of the manner of his death. The eight martyrs are commemorated together.
Commemorated the same day July 3
Leo II of RomeSaint · Bishop of RomeJul 3
Anatolius of ConstantinopleSaint · Patriarch of ConstantinopleJul 3- Anatolius of LaodiceaSaint · Bishop of LaodiceaJul 3
Hyacinth of CaesareaMartyr · Martyr of CaesareaJul 3
Heliodorus of AltinoSaint · First bishop of AltinumJul 3
Basil KalikaSaint · Archbishop of NovgorodJul 3
Euphrosyne of KolyupanovoFool-for-Christ · Fool for Christ and hermitJul 3
Germanus of ManSaint · First bishop of the Isle of ManJul 3
MustiolaMartyr · Martyr of ChiusiJul 3
Basil Vsevolodovich of YaroslavlRight-Believing · Prince of YaroslavlJul 3
Anatolius the RecluseVenerable · Recluse of the Kiev CavesJul 3
John of YarenskVenerableJul 3