What is "meliton"

Meliton or Melitón may refer to:

• Melitón Carvajal (1847–1935), Peruvian military and political figure
• Melitón Manzanas (1906–1968), high-ranking police officer in Francoist Spain killed by ETA paramilitaries
• Meliton Balanchivadze (1862–1937), Georgian composer of classical music
• Meliton Kantaria (1920–1993), Georgian sergeant of the Soviet Army who hoisted a Soviet flag Banner of Victory over the Reichstag in 1945
• Melito of Sardis, Bishop of Sardis in the 2nd century.
• " Meliton", a novella by Ivan Bunin published in 1901.

"Meliton" is a novella by a Nobel Prize-winning Russian author Ivan Bunin. Dated as "1900-1930" in The Complete Bunin (Petropolis, Berlin, 1935; Moscow, 1965), it was first published in the 1901 No.7 (July) issue of Saint Petersburg magazine Zhurnal Dlya Vsekh (Journal For Everyone), originally under the title "Skete" ( Скит). While working upon the Primal Love compilation, Bunin changed the story's title into "Meliton" (after its main character's first name). In its final version the novella appeared in the July 6, 1930, No.3392 issue of the Paris-based Poslednye Novosti newspaper.