ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 1st of April WELCOME! SAINT MELITON, BISHOP OF SULCI Saint Meliton (Melito), Bishop (April 1). Some hagiographers list two bishops of this name as of April 1: Meliton of Sardes in Asia and Meliton of Sulci in Sardinia. The former composed the Apology for the Christians, which he wrote with the Emperor Marcus Aurelius (161-180) in mind, and is the author of various other books that testify to his extraordinary ability and activity. They have been lost, except for a few fragments. Eusebius has preserved only their titles; among them we find a book on the Easter celebration, on the Church, on soul, body, and spirit, on the Incarnation, etc. Tertullian praises his pure and eloquent style and says that many attributed to him the gift of prophecy. Bellarmine and Halloix, the editor of his fragments, call him a saint. At the same time they make it very clear that the quality of the text: De transitu B. V. (of t...