EXHIBIT 23.1

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We  consent  to the  reference  to our  firm  under  the  caption  "Experts"  in
Post-Effective  Amendment  No. 2 to the  Registration  Statement  (Form  S-2 No.
333-105947)  and related  Prospectus of Miravant  Medical  Technologies  for the
registration of 14,349,525  shares of its Common Stock and to the  incorporation
by reference  therein of our report  dated March 16,  2004,  with respect to the
consolidated  financial statements of Miravant Medical Technologies  included in
its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended  December 31, 2003,  filed with
Securities and Exchange Commission.

                                               /s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP

May 19, 2004
Woodland Hills, California