Acacius of Melitene explained

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]

Notes and References

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