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St. Meletius

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Feastday: December 4
Death: 295

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St. Meletius was a bishop in Pontus, in Asia Minor, and is remembered as a friend of Eusebius. The source associates his name with the Greek expression “Attic honey,” a traditional reference to eloquence. Details of his life and the persecution he endured are not securely documented in the brief account.

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