Key facts
- Born
- Melissae, Melitinḗ or Melitina, 28 february 126, Gijon , Hispania , Roman Empire
- Died
- 16 september 157, Marcianopolis , Thrace , Roman Empire
- Cause of death
- Decapitation
- Venerated in
- Catholic Church , Eastern Orthodox Church , Oriental Orthodox Churches
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Feast
- 16 September ( Catholic and Eastern Orthodoxy ), 30 November ( Catholic in Spain ), 29 October (In Greece — Greek Orthodox Church ), 29 September ( Oriental Orthodoxy ), 6 Thout ( Coptic ), 19 April ( Synaxis — Byzantine ), 14 october ( Ethiopian Orthodox Church )
- Attributes
- Cross or Crucifix , Mantle, Wreath of Flowers and Palm branch
- Patronage
- Missionaries ; teenagers ; against fanaticism; persecution of Christianity; martyrs; resentment; hatred; narcissism ; headaches ; possessed people and the excluded; Brescia , Italy; Lemnos , Greece; Devnya , Bulgary ;
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Melissa
- Gender
- female
- Place of birth
- Brescia
- Place of death
- Marcianopolis
- Occupation
- missionary
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Image
- Icon of Saint Melissa of Brescia (or Melitine of Marcianopolis).jpg
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- date of death
- 0157-09-16
- date of birth
- 0126-02-28
- feast day
- September 16
- Commons category
- Melisse aus Marcianopolis
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Encyclopedic overview
Melissa (Melissae or Melitine or Melitinḗ or Melitina; 28 February, 126 – 16 September, 157) was a virgin and martyr in 2nd-century Christian traditions, venerated as a saint.
According to legend, she was a missionary and nun from the Hispania and lived in Marcianople with the mission of evangelizing other peoples. At the same time, Thrace, the region in which the city was located, was controlled by governor Antiochus. She was martyred by him during the persecution of Emperor Antoninus Pius.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Melitta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.