CHAIN IS NOT INCLUDED - Available in Solid 10K &14K Yellow or White Gold, or Sterling Silver, Size Reference: 17mm is the size of a US dime 21mm is the size of a US nickel 24mm is the size of a US quarter Saint Melania the Younger was a wealthy Roman patrician noble. Grand of Saint Melania the Elder. Married against her will to Valerius Pinianus (Saint Pinian) at age 13. After the death of their two , both of whom died young, and to flee invasions of the Visigoths, they fled to Tagaste, North Africa in 410 where they had estates, and where they met Saint Augustine of Hippo. Though they stayed married, the two took vows of celibacy, freed their slaves, sold their lands and goods in Spain and Gaul, and gave the proceeds to the poor. Built two monasteries for Saint Augustine, then the couple moved to Jerusalem and entered a monastery and convent around 417. Friends of Saint Paulinus of Nola and Saint Jerome. Widowed in 432. Directed the convent on the Mount of Olives for several years.