Melitene (West Syriac diocese)

Seventh- and eighth-century bishops The names of four early Syriac Orthodox bishops of Melitene are known. Michael the Syrian provided a cursory list of 28 undated bishops and metropolitans of Melitene, most of whom were bishops consecrated between the ninth and twelfth centuries who featured in his regular lists. The first five names (Leontius, Otreius, Acacius, Mama and Domitian) were of bishops who flourished before the seventh century. According to Michael, these men were followed 'long afterwards' by bishops Thomas, Ezekiel, Gregory and Ahron, presumably to be dated to the seventh and eighth centuries. Ninth- to twelfth-century bishops Twenty dated Syriac Orthodox metropolitans of Melitene between the ninth and the twelfth centuries are mentioned in the lists of Michael the Syrian. ==References==