Meletius

Meletius or Meletios (Greek: Μελέτιος) is a given name of Greek origin: μελέτη ('care', 'attention') + -ιος, a suffix of relation, i.e., meaning "caring", "attentive". Notable people with the name include:

Patriarchs of Alexandria

• Meletius I of Alexandria (1549–1601), Saint and Patriarch from 1590 to 1601 (same as Meletius I of Constantinople)
• Meletius II of Alexandria (before 1750 – 1780), Patriarch from 1926 to 1935 (same as Meletius IV of Constantinople)

Patriarchs of Constantinople

• Meletius I of Alexandria (1549–1601), Saint and locum tenens of Constantinople (1597–1598) (Same as Meletius I of Alexandria)
• Meletius II of Constantinople (before 1750 – 1780), patriarch in 1769
• Meletius III of Constantinople (1772–1845), patriarch in 1845
• Meletius IV of Constantinople (1871–1935), patriarch 1921–1923 (same as Meletius II of Alexandria)

Other people

• Melitius of Lycopolis (before c. 305 – 327)), bishop and founder of the Melitians
• Meletius of Antioch (before c. 357 – 381), Saint and Patriarch from 360 to 381
• Meletios the Younger (c. 1035 – c. 1105), monk and pilgrim
• Meletius II of Antioch (1837–1906), Patriarch from 1899 to 1906
• Meletius of Jerusalem, Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1731 to 1737
• Meletius Smotrytsky (c. 1577 – 1633), Archbishop and proposed saint
• Meletios Kalamaras (1933–2012), late Metropolitan of Nicopolis & Preveza