Domitian of Melitene
Byzantine bishop and saint
Feast: 10 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Domitian (Latin: Domitianus, Greek: Δομιτιανός; c. 550 – 602) was the nephew of the Roman emperor Maurice and the archbishop of Melitene in Roman Armenia from around 580 until his death. He was renowned as a diplomat and is regarded as a saint by the Chalcedonian churches for enforcing orthodoxy in the northeast of the empire. He unsuccessfully tried to convert the Persian king Khosrow II to Christianity when he helped restore him to his throne in 590–591. In the monophysite tradition, however, he is remembered for his brutal persecutions.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Grigorios of Antioch Saint“When Chosroes II of Persia was obliged to flee to the Romans for safety early in his reign, Gregory of Antioch and the Metropolitan Domitian of Melitene, were sent to meet him.” — Wikipedia
- Wikidata Q15410608 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Domitian of Melitene (CC BY-SA)
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