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Melito of Sardis

fl. AD 160–180 · Sardis (Sart) · Bishop · Proto-orthodox

Bishop of Sardis and prolific writer, of whose works the homily On the Pascha survives almost complete. He travelled 'to the East', to the places where the gospel events happened, to establish the books of the Old Testament.

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