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:

Saints

• Meletius I of Antioch (died 381), Patriarch of Antioch 360–381
• Meletios the Younger (died c. 1105), monk and pilgrim
• Meletius I of Constantinople (1549–1601), locum tenens Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople 1597–1598 (same as Meletius I of Alexandria)

Patriarchs

• Meletius of Jerusalem, Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1731 to 1737
• Meletius II of Constantinople (died 1780), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople 1768–1769
• Meletius III of Constantinople (1772–1845), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople in 1845
• Meletius II of Antioch (1837–1906), Patriarch of Antioch 1899–1906
• Meletius IV of Constantinople (1871–1935), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople 1921–1923 (same as Meletius II of Alexandria)

Other people

• Melitius of Lycopolis (died 327), bishop and founder of the Melitians
• Meletius Smotrytsky (c. 1577 – 1633), archbishop and proposed saint
• Meletius Tipaldi (died 1713), Orthodox turned Uniate bishop
• Meletis Vasileiou (died 1826)
• Meletios Kalamaras (1933–2012), late Metropolitan of Nicopolis and Preveza