Meletius I of Constantinople (Greek: Μελέτιος Πηγᾶς; 1549 – 12 September 1601) served as patriarch of Alexandria between 1590 and 1601.
Simultaneously from 1597 to 1598 he served also as locum tenens of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
He is honoured as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church,[1] with his feast day held on 13 September.
[2][3] Meletius was born in Candia (Heraklion) in the island of Crete, at the time capital of the Republic of Venice Kingdom of Candia in 1549,[4] and he studied classical philology, philosophy and medicine in Padua.
In 1593, he participated in a synod in Constantinople which confirmed the establishment of the Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'.