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Domitian of Melitene
Byzantine bishop and saint
SaintFull write-upByzantine EmpirePre-congregation
Feast: 10 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
564
Died
602
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Melitene in ancient Armenia, Saint Domitian of Melitene, bishop, who worked hard for the conversion of the Persians.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 10 January as a bishop of Melitene who worked for the conversion of the Persians.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 10 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q15410608 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Domitian of Melitene (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.