Meletios 3 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E IX |
| Dates | 809 (taq) / 818 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 4945 |
| Religion | Christian |
| Locations | Anatolikoi (exileplace); Stoudios (Monastery of, Constantinople); Stoudios (Monastery of, Constantinople) (residence) |
| Occupation | Monk; Priest |
| Textual Sources | Theodorus Studita, Catechesis Magna, ed. J. Cozza-Luzi, Nova Patrum Bibliotheca 9.2 (Rome, 1888), 10.1 (Rome, 1905); ed. A. Papadopoulos-Kerameus, Megale Katechesis (St Petersburg, 1904) (homiletics); Theodorus Studita, Epistulae, ed. G. Fatouros, CFHB 31.1-2 (Berlin/New York, 1992) (letters) |
Meletios 3 was a Stoudite monk, addressee of two letters from Theodoros 15 (Theodore the Stoudite):Theod. Stud., Epp. 218, p. 340; 327, pp. 468-469 (addressed Μελετίῳ τέκνῳ. He is mentioned in two other letters of Theodoros 15: Theod. Stud., Epp. 41, pp. 121-122; 138, pp. 254-255. The letters all date between 809 and 818. For a short while during the persecution under Leo V (Leo 15) Meletios 3 abandoned the iconophile cause: Theod. Stud., Ep. 138, p. 255, line 10. He lived in exile in the anatolikon theme with Ioannes 462 for a time during the persecution: Theod. Stud., Ep. 218. In one of the sermons of Theodoros 15 he is referred to as a priest (πρεσβύτερος): Theod. Stud., Catech. Magna 61 (p. 431 Papadopoulos-Kerameus).
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