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词条 Mellonius
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  1. Legend

  2. Veneration

  3. Legacy

  4. References

  5. External links

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|death_place= Hericourt, France
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Saint Mellonius (229-314) was an early 4th-century Bishop of Rotomagus (now Rouen) in the Roman province of Secunda Provincia Lugdunensis (now Normandy in France). He is known only from a 17th-century 'Life' of little historical value, meaning the historicity of his existence is uncertain.[1]

Legend

Mellonius (surnamed Probus)[1] is said to have been born near Cardiff in Wales, presumably at St Mellons, although the saint there is generally thought to be Saint Melaine, Bishop of Rennes. The two have, unfortunately, been hopelessly confused in many biographies. Mellonius' story tells how he travelled to Rome to pay the British tribute. He was there converted to Christianity by Pope Stephen I,[2] who ordained him priest and later consecrated him a bishop.

Shortly after the martyrdom of Pope Stephen in 257, Mellonius set out for Gaul. He succeeded Nicasius of Rouen as Bishop of Rouen in 261. After a long episcopate, in 311, he retired to a hermit‘s cell at a place called Hericourt, where he died A.D. 314.[3] Mellonius was succeeded by Avitianus.

He is sometimes confused with Mellonius, Bishop of Troyes, from 390 to 400.

Veneration

His feast day is 22 October. In the English translation of the 1956 edition of the Roman Martyrology, 'St Mellon' is listed under 22 October with the citation: At Rouen, St Mellon, Bishop, who was ordained by Pope St Stephen and sent thither to preach the Gospel.[4]

In the 2004 edition of the Roman Martyrology, Mellonius is listed under the same date, 22 October, with the Latin name Mallóni. He is mentioned as follows: 'At Rothómagi (Rouen), bishop, who in that city announced the Christian faith and handed on the episcopate'.[5]

Bishop Mellonius is depicted in a fifteenth century illuminated Book of Hours.[6]

Mellonius was buried at Rouen, but were subsequently translated to a church in Pontoise some towards the end of the eighth century to protect them from Norse warbands. They remained there until lost during the French Revolution.

Legacy

St. Mellon's Church in St. Mellons, Cardiff id dedicated to Mellonius of Rouen. A fair used to be held on his feast day in the village of St Mellons.[7] The church was previously dedicated to St. Lucius, but was changed upon the arrival of the Normans.[8] The church at Thiédeville is dedicated to him at Héricourt, where there was a holy well. There is also a church dedicated to St. Mellon in Plomelin, Brittany.

References

1. ^David Hugh Farmer, The Oxford Dictionary of Saints (5 rev. ed.) (Oxford University Press, 2011) [https://books.google.com/books?id=_zJJtvK2_KsC&pg=PA307&lpg=PA307&dq=merewenna+dictionary+of+saints&source=bl&ots=4OuFjeWDu6&sig=84VKwtSx5biZHMSCUHSPO8NYAx0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lfDvU-e5Kdjt8AXH6oCgDg&ved=0CCYQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=merewenna%20dictionary%20of%20saints&f=false Page 307].
2. ^Sabine Baring-Gould (1907). Lives of the British Saints
3. ^[https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-mellonius/ Monks of Ramsgate. “Mellonius”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 22 October 2016]
4. ^The Roman Martyrology, 1961, The Newman Press, Westminster & Maryland, page 231.
5. ^Martyrologium Romanum, 2004, Vatican Press (Typis Vaticanis), page 584.
6. ^Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts, The Morgan Library and Museum
7. ^[https://parish.churchinwales.org.uk/m262/churches-en/st-mellons-parish-church/ Kellen, David. "St Mellons Parish Church", The Parish of St. Mellons, The church in Wales]
8. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=3hYJAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA73&lpg=PA73&dq=Mellonius+of+Rouen&source=bl&ots=yj8xhReGq7&sig=ACfU3U0giYrAkWZHAzkgbNm70ejjSyulBQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjuvo25_pjgAhWIGt8KHXZIDPQ4HhDoATADegQIBxAB#v=onepage&q=Mellonius%20of%20Rouen&f=false Cormack, George. "St. Mellon", The Red Dragon: The National Magazine of Wales, Vol. 11, (Giuseppe Mattei,ed.), Daniel Owen, Howell and Company, 1887, p. 72]{{PD-notice

External links

  • [https://archive.is/20121224043809/http://www.churchinwales.org.uk/parishholding/monmouth/m262-en/history-en/who-was-st-mellon Who Was Saint Mellon?] - article at the parish website of St Mellon's Church in St Mellons, Cardiff
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20120313050230/http://www.hallam-co.com/Gloucesterdetails.asp?uid=488 Geographical Essay] appended to estate agent's particulars
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20121003063837/http://www.rumneyhistory.org.uk/main/index.php?topic=Maps Rumney History] summary
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