Name
Marutha, bishop of Martyropolis/Maipherqat, ob. c. 420
Saint ID
S01683
Reported Death Not Before
399
Reported Death Not After
430
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops
| ID | Title | E04057 | Socrates, in his Ecclesiastical History (Book 7), recounts stories about four bishops renowned for their holiness and miracles under the emperor Theodosius II (r. 408-450): *Marouthas (bishop of Maipherqat in Persia, S01683), Akakios of Amida in Mesopotamia, Silvanos of Alexandria Troas in north-west Asia Minor, and the Novatian bishop of Constantinople, Paulos. Written in Greek at Constantinople, 439/446. | E05851 | The Syriac Life of *Marutha of Maypherqat (bishop of Martyropolis/Maypherqat, ob. c. 420, S01683), is written, probably in Maypherqat during the 6th c.; it describes the life and virtues of the bishop, with accounts of his diplomatic missions to Persia and his gathering there of relics of Persian martyrs, which he transfers to Martyropolis. The Life survives only partially in Syriac, but in full in an early Armenian translation. Overview entry |
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