Melissene 1

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexF
FloruitM IX
ReligionChristian
Textual SourcesVita Nicolai Studitae (BHG 1365), PG 105. 863-925 (hagiography)

Wife of Theophilos 23; Melissene 1 was apparently a member of the Melissenos family (her husband is described as a relation by marriage of the Melissenos family); several of their children died in infancy, until they took a baby daughter (Anonyma 40) to Nikolaos 26 to be blessed: Vita Nic. Stud. 916D-917B.

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