Acacius of Melitene

Acacius of Melitene (? - after 437) was metropolitan bishop of Melitene. He was an opponent of Nestorius and close ally of Cyril of Alexandria at the Council of Ephesus of 431. He delivered a homily at Ephesus and wrote two letters to Cyril. Cyril in turn wrote two letters to Acacius.[1] Melitene was a town in Eastern Anatolia.[2]

His successor was Constantine of Melitene. He would have been young bishop at the time of the Second Council of Ephesus.[3]

References

1. Alexandria, Saint Cyril of (April 2010). Letters 51–110 (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 77). CUA Press. ISBN 978-0-8132-1177-0.
2. "Philip Schaff: New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. I: Aachen - Basilians - Christian Classics Ethereal Library". www.ccel.org. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
3. Menze, Volker-Lorenz (2023). Patriarch Dioscorus of Alexandria: The Last Pharaoh and Ecclesiastical Politics in the Later Roman Empire. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-287133-6.