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Our venerable Mother '''Melania the Younger''' (or '''Melane the Roman''' - [[feastday]]: [[December 31]]) lived during the reign of king Honorios, son of [[Theodosius the Great (emperor)|Theodosios the Great]], in 400. She came from a rich and glorious family. Her grandmother is also commemorated as a saint: Melania the Righteous ([[June 8]]). Because she loved the [[Christ|Lord]] with her whole heart, she chose to remain a virgin. But her parents forced her to get married even unwillingly with a man and she became the mother of two children. Then her parents and children died. That is why this blessed woman left the city of Rome and was living at her farm with every [[ascetic]] practice and [[Virtues|virtue]]. She used to take care of the sick, received the foreigners who came to her, and visited the imprisoned and the exiled. Then she sold all her estates and possessions, which were many, and collected 120,000 gold coins, which she distributed to [[church]]es and [[Monastery|monasteries]].