Saints who resisted heresy
St Melania the Younger of Rome
Ὁσία Μελάνη ἡ Ῥωμαία
In the Life of Melania, her biographer recounts that she refused his Eucharistic offering after he commemorated a deceased woman alleged by some to be a heretic. The accusation and the woman's doctrinal position are not independently established; the supplied Greek study discusses the account on printed pp. 215–216.
- Period
- c. 383–439
- Witness
- Roman ascetic and monastic founder
- Controversy
- Historical cases of communion
Witness under persecution
What this saint faced
In the Life of Melania, her biographer recounts that she refused his Eucharistic offering after he commemorated a deceased woman alleged by some to be a heretic. The accusation and the woman's doctrinal position are not independently established; the supplied Greek study discusses the account on printed pp. 215–216.
Exile, imprisonment or torture
The historical summary above may mention punishments reported in a saint's Life. A fully cross-checked chronology of exile, imprisonment and physical suffering has not yet been completed for this individual. The absence of a detailed dossier is not evidence that the saint suffered none.
Not established from the sources reviewed for this entry. No numerical duration has been invented.
Words and testimony of the Holy Fathers
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Greek testimony · printed p. 215
Ζῇ Κύριος, ἐὰν αὐτὴν ὀνομάζεις, οὐκέτι κοινωνῶ σου τῇ προσφορᾷ.Editorial translation: As the Lord lives, if you commemorate her, I will no longer commune in your offering.
The Life says that some alleged the deceased woman was a heretic. It does not establish the woman's identity or doctrine independently. Reported speech, not an autograph text.