# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melitius-of-lycopolis
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:59:01.218Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melitius-of-lycopolis"
name: "Melitius of Lycopolis"
slug: "melitius-of-lycopolis"
description: "Melitius or Meletius was bishop of Lycopolis in Egypt. He is known mainly as the founder and namesake of the Melitians, one of several schismatic sects in early church history which were concerned about the ease with which lapsed Christians re-entered the Church."
tagline: "Bishop of Lycopolis"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "300"
deathDate: "400"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.19
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.48596266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Likopolisli_Meletius"
    title: "Likopolisli Meletius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meleci_de_Lic%C3%B2polis"
    title: "Meleci de Licòpolis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meletios_von_Lykopolis"
    title: "Meletios von Lykopolis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%AD%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%9B%CF%85%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%80%CF%8C%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%89%CF%82"
    title: "Μελέτιος Λυκοπόλεως"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melitius_of_Lycopolis"
    title: "Melitius of Lycopolis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melicio_de_Lic%C3%B3polis"
    title: "Melicio de Licópolis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melitios_de_Lycopolis"
    title: "Melitios de Lycopolis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melezio_di_Licopoli"
    title: "Melezio di Licopoli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meletius_van_Lycopolis"
    title: "Meletius van Lycopolis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meletios_av_Lykopolis"
    title: "Meletios av Lykopolis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melecjusz_z_Lykopolis"
    title: "Melecjusz z Lykopolis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel%C3%A9cio_de_Lic%C3%B3polis"
    title: "Melécio de Licópolis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1352126"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump