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St. Melania the Younger
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St. Melania the Younger

c. 383–439 · Mount of Olives, Jerusalem · Feast December 31

Melania was one of the richest women in the Roman world. After her two children died, she and her husband Pinian agreed to live as brother and sister and give away their fortune, freeing thousands of slaves and funding monasteries. They lived among the monks of Egypt and settled in Jerusalem, where Melania founded a convent on the Mount of Olives and lived in prayer until her death.

  • Feast: December 31 (New Calendar)
  • Lived: c. 383–439
  • Place: Mount of Olives, Jerusalem
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