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Meliot de Logres

Meliot de Logres is a knight of the British tradition, attested in Le Morte d'Arthur with 2 citations.

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Meliot de Logres is a knight of the British tradition, attested in Le Morte d'Arthur with 2 citations. He is connected to Meliot, likely representing the same figure under his fuller name. His story centres on being healed by Sir Launcelot after the adventure of the Chapel Perilous.

A damsel identifies the wounded knight to Launcelot: "his name was Sir Meliot de Logres" (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book VI, Ch. XIV). After Launcelot braves the Chapel Perilous and obtains the healing cloth and sword needed to cure him, Meliot de Logres recovers and reports his rescue to the court. He "came home, and told the king how Sir Launcelot had saved him from the death" (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book VI, Ch. XVIII).