city
Sardis
Sart, Turkey
38.488, 28.040
Attested. Melito is known from Eusebius and from a paschal homily surviving in a later copy.
Capital of ancient Lydia. Melito, a bishop here in the later second century, wrote on Easter and listed Hebrew scriptures.
Sources
No separate modern citation is attached to this place. The confidence note above is the atlas summary of the evidence.
Cited notes
95. One of the seven churches; Melito bishop c. 170
Rev 3:1-6; Eusebius HE 4.26 (Melito) · Verified in the source note
Further reading
Councils here
None in this list.