Melaine, the Glossary
Saint Melaine (Latin: Melanius or Mellanus; Breton: Melani; Cornish: Melan; Welsh: Mellon) was a 6th-century Bishop of Rennes in Brittany (now in France).[1]
Table of Contents
26 relations: Abbot, Amandus, Brittany, Clovis I, Cornwall, First Council of Orléans, Gilbert Hunter Doble, La Chapelle-de-Brain, Louis Duchesne, Mellonius, Monk, Mullion, Cornwall, Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine, Rennes, Rennes Cathedral, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol and Saint-Malo, Roman Catholic Diocese of Quimper, Roman Martyrology, Sabine Baring-Gould, Saint, St Mellion, St Mellons, Sub-Roman Britain, Tomb, Vilaine, Wales.
- 6th-century Breton bishops
- Bishops of Rennes
Abbot
Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the head of an independent monastery for men in various Western Christian traditions.
Amandus
Amandus (584 – 679), commonly called Saint Amand, was a bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht and one of the catholic missionaries of Flanders.
Brittany
Brittany (Bretagne,; Breizh,; Gallo: Bertaèyn or Bertègn) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman occupation.
Clovis I
Clovis (Chlodovechus; reconstructed Frankish: *Hlōdowig; – 27 November 511) was the first king of the Franks to unite all of the Franks under one ruler, changing the form of leadership from a group of petty kings to rule by a single king and ensuring that the kingship was passed down to his heirs.
Cornwall
Cornwall (Kernow;; or) is a ceremonial county in South West England.
First Council of Orléans
The First Council of Orléans was convoked by Clovis I, King of the Franks, in 511.
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Gilbert Hunter Doble
Gilbert Hunter Doble (26 November 1880 – 15 April 1945) was an Anglican priest and Cornish historian and hagiographer.
See Melaine and Gilbert Hunter Doble
La Chapelle-de-Brain
La Chapelle-de-Brain (Chapel-Braen) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.
See Melaine and La Chapelle-de-Brain
Louis Duchesne
Louis Marie Olivier Duchesne (13 September 1843 – 21 April 1922) was a French priest, philologist, teacher and a critical historian of Christianity and Roman Catholic liturgy and institutions.
See Melaine and Louis Duchesne
Mellonius
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). Melaine and Mellonius are Medieval Welsh saints and Welsh Roman Catholic saints.
Monk
A monk (from μοναχός, monachos, "single, solitary" via Latin monachus) is a man who is a member of a religious order and lives in a monastery.
See Melaine and Monk
Mullion, Cornwall
Mullion (Eglosvelyan) is a civil parish and village on the Lizard Peninsula in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
See Melaine and Mullion, Cornwall
Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine
Redon is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.
See Melaine and Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine
Rennes
Rennes (Roazhon; Gallo: Resnn) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the rivers Ille and Vilaine.
Rennes Cathedral
Rennes Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Rennes) is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Rennes, France.
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol and Saint-Malo
The Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol, and Saint-Malo (Latin: Archidioecesis Rhedonensis, Dolensis et Sancti Maclovii; French: Archidiocèse de Rennes, Dol et Saint-Malo; Arc'heskopti Roazhon, Dol ha Sant-Maloù) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. Melaine and Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol and Saint-Malo are bishops of Rennes.
See Melaine and Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol and Saint-Malo
Roman Catholic Diocese of Quimper
The Diocese of Quimper (–Cornouaille) and Léon (Latin: Dioecesis Corisopitensis (–Cornubiensis) et Leonensis; French: Diocèse de Quimper (–Cornouaille) et Léon) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in France.
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Roman Martyrology
The Roman Martyrology (Martyrologium Romanum) is the official martyrology of the Catholic Church.
See Melaine and Roman Martyrology
Sabine Baring-Gould
Sabine Baring-Gould (28 January 1834 – 2 January 1924) of Lew Trenchard in Devon, England, was an Anglican priest, hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist, folk song collector and eclectic scholar.
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Saint
In Christian belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God.
St Mellion
St Mellion (Sen Melyan) is a village and rural civil parish in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
St Mellons
St Mellons (Llaneirwg) is a district and suburb of eastern Cardiff, the capital city of Wales.
Sub-Roman Britain
Sub-Roman Britain is the period of late antiquity in Great Britain between the end of Roman rule and the Anglo-Saxon settlement.
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Tomb
A tomb (τύμβος tumbos) or sepulcher (sepulcrum.) is a repository for the remains of the dead.
See Melaine and Tomb
Vilaine
The Vilaine (Gwilen) is a river in Brittany, in the west of France.
Wales
Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
See also
6th-century Breton bishops
- Budoc
- Melaine
- Meriasek
- Padarn
- Samson of Dol
- Tudwal
Bishops of Rennes
- Archbishops of Rennes
- Arnaud d'Ossat
- Aymar Hennequin
- Charles-Philippe Place
- Didier of Rennes
- Louis-Gui de Guérapin de Vauréal
- Marbodius of Rennes
- Melaine
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol and Saint-Malo
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melaine
Also known as Melain, Saint Melan.