St. Melito of Sardis -Image Courtesy: Fr. Brad Sweet
(Catholic Online) Bishop of Sardis in Lydia (present day Western Turkey, Manisa) St. Melito was a prominent ecclesiastical writer in the latter half of the 2nd century according to Catholic Encyclopedia praised by Eusebius Bishop of Caesarea (263-339) and had the gift of prophecy.
Few details of St. Melito’s life are known except that he’s remembered for his work developing the first Canon of the Old Testament according to Early Christian Writings and its believed he became a Martyr for Christ, however according to SQPN St. Melito died of natural causes.
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