Marutha of Maypherqat — ܡܪܘܬܐ ܕܡܝܦܪܩܛ
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Marutha of Maypherqat; Marutha of Maypherqaṭ; Marutha of Miyapharqin; ماروثا الفارقي; ܡܪܘܬܐ ܕܡܝܦܪܩܛ; ܡܰܪܘܬܐ ܕܡܺܝܦܰܪܩܰܛ; ܡܪܘܬܐ ܐܦܣܩܘܦܐ; ܡܵܪܘܼܬܵܐ ܐܲܦܸܣܩܘܿܦܵܐ; Marutha of Maipherqat; Maruta of Mayperqat; MĀRŪṮĀ DE MAYPERQAT; Marutha of Maiperqaṭ; Bischof Màrût(h)ā von Maiperqaṭ
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Bp., doctor, and co-convenor of the Synod of Seleucia-Ctesiphon (410).
In hagiography, Marutha of Maypherqat, Bishop of Maypherqat is commemorated as a Doctor of the Church, and remembered as the grandson of a Persian Magian who converted to Christianity. His grandmother Mary built a church and a monastery where Marutha later studied. He became Bishop and built many churches and collected relics for the town of Maypherqat. He played an important role as representative of the Persian church before shah Yazdegerd and helped convene the Synod of Seleucia-Ctesiphon in 410.
floruit: 4th/5th cent.
death: 420, 421
male
state: Martyr
state: Saint
S. P. Brock Marutha of Maypherqaṭ The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 273
The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences 22 240
كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية 207
ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ 233
ܟܬ̣ܵܒ̣ܵܐ ܕܡܸܬ̣ܩܪܸܐ ܡܪܓܢܝܬ̣ܐ ܕܥܲܠ ܫܪܵܪܵܐ ܕܲܟ̣ܪܸܣܛܝܵܢܘܼܬ̣ܵܐ 70
Bibliotheca Orientalis Clementino-Vaticana III 73
A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity Marutha of Maipherqat
Saints Syriaques MĀRŪṮĀ DE MAYPERQAT 303
Vies des saints 4 December XII 126-30
J.-M. Sauget BS VIII 1305-1309
Baumstark, Geschichte der syrischen Literatur mit Ausschluß der christlich-palästinensischen Texte 52, 53-54
Ortiz de Urbina, Patrologia Syriaca 15
Duval, La littérature syriaque 122, 123, 159
De scriptoribus Syris orthodoxis Bibliotheca orientalis Clementino-Vaticana 174-195
Wright, A Short History of Syriac Literature 44-46