Meletius I Pegas
Meletius I Pegas | |
|---|---|
Venetian Kingdom of Candia | |
| Died | 12 September 1601 Alexandria , Ottoman Egypt |
| Sainthood | |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church |
Meletius I Pegas (
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. He is honoured as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church,[1] with his feast day held on September 13.[2][3]
Life
Meletius was born in Candia (
Venetian Kingdom of Candia in 1549,[4] and he studied classical philology, philosophy and medicine in Padua. He became protosyncellus of the Patriarch of Alexandria Silvester, at whose death he succeeded on 5 August 1590.[5]
Even if he supported the doctrine of
Patriarchate of Moscow.[1]
Without resigning as Patriarch of Alexandria, he served as
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople between December 1596 and February 1597, and from end March 1597 to March or April 1598, when he resigned to go on dealing only with his Egyptian see.[4]
He died in Alexandria on 12 September 1601.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Meletios Pigas (1590–1601)". Official web site of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa. Retrieved 7 Sep 2011.
- ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Μέλετος Πηγᾶς. 13 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ (in Greek) Άγιος Μελέτιος Πηγάς. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4344-5876-6.
- ^ "Μελέτιος Α´ ὁ Πηγᾶς". Ecumenical Patriarchate. Retrieved 7 Sep 2011.(in Greek)