Melito, bishop of Sardis (c. 180) - His name occurs in some of the old
martyrologia, he was unmarried, but beyond that nothing is known of his
life or death.
I believe Melito is traditionally supposed to have been the first Christian
pilgrim to the Holy Land. I seem to recall reading this in E.D. Hunt, Holy
Land Pilgrimage in the Early Church, but I don't have it to hand to check.
Andrew Jotischky
Dept of History
Lancaster University
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