Meletius of Antioch

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4th-century bishop Christian bishop Church Father Eastern Christian saint saint

Meletius of Antioch was a 4th-century bishop and key figure in the Arian controversy who served as a leading pro-Nicene churchman and briefly presided over the First Council of Constantinople.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	4th-century bishop ⓘ Christian bishop ⓘ Church Father ⓘ Eastern Christian saint ⓘ saint ⓘ
activeYears	4th century ⓘ
associatedWith	Council of Antioch ⓘ First Council of Constantinople ⓘ surface form: Council of Constantinople of 381
birthPlace	Melitene ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ
causeOf	Meletian schism ⓘ
church	church in Antioch ⓘ surface form: Church of Antioch
conflict	Arianism ⓘ
consecratedAsBishopOfAntiochBy	Acacius of Caesarea ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Roman Empire ⓘ
deathDate	381 ⓘ
deathPlace	Istanbul ⓘ surface form: Constantinople Byzantine Empire ⓘ surface form: Eastern Roman Empire
denomination	Nicene Christianity ⓘ
feastDay	12 February ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Patriarch ⓘ Saint ⓘ
knownFor	moderate stance during Arian controversy ⓘ reconciling pro-Nicene factions in Antioch ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Greek ⓘ
notableEvent	Trinitarian controversies of the 4th century ⓘ surface form: Arian controversy First Council of Constantinople ⓘ
notableWork	Leadership in the Arian controversy ⓘ
opposedTo	Arianism ⓘ
partOf	Donatism ⓘ surface form: Meletian schism
positionHeld	Patriarch of Antioch ⓘ surface form: Bishop of Antioch Bishop of Beroea ⓘ Bishop of Sebaste ⓘ Patriarch of Antioch ⓘ
predecessor	Eudoxius of Antioch ⓘ
presidedAt	First Council of Constantinople ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
role	leading pro-Nicene churchman ⓘ president of the First Council of Constantinople ⓘ
seeAlso	Meletian schism ⓘ
successor	Flavian I of Antioch ⓘ
supportedDoctrine	Nicene Christianity ⓘ surface form: Homoousios Christology Nicene Creed ⓘ
tradition	Greek-speaking Eastern Christianity ⓘ
veneratedIn	Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church

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First Council of Constantinople → presidedOverBy → Meletius of Antioch ⓘ