Marutha of Maypherqat - ܡܪܘܬܐ ܕܡܝܦܪܩܛ
http://syriaca.org/person/25
“Bp., doctor, and co-convenor of the Synod of
Seleucia-Ctesiphon (410).” 1
Names
- ܡܪܘܬܐ ܕܡܝܦܪܩܛ4
- Marutha of Maypherqat
- ܡܪܘܬܐ ܐܦܣܩܘܦܐ5, 6
- ܡܰܪܘܬܐ ܕܡܺܝܦܰܪܩܰܛ4
- ܡܵܪܘܼܬܵܐ ܐܲܦܸܣܩܘܿܦܵܐ5
- ماروثا الفارقي3
- Maruta of Mayperqat
- Marutha of Maipherqat7
- Marutha of Maiperqaṭ
- MĀRŪṮĀ DE MAYPERQAT8
- Bischof Màrût(h)ā von Maiperqaṭ12
- Marutha of Maypherqaṭ1
- Marutha of Miyapharqin2
Floruit
4th/5th cent.
Descriptions
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.
Notes
Status: draft
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Works Cited
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- 1 S. P. BrockMarutha of MaypherqaṭThe Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritagep: 273., p: 273.
- 2 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, trans. Matti Moosa, 2nd rev. ed. (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2003), entry: 22, p: 240.
- 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, al-Luʼluʼ al-manthūr fī tārīkh al-ʻulūm wa-al-ādāb al-Suryāniyyah, 4th ed. (Holland: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987), p: 207.
- 4 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, Berule bdire d-ʿal yulpone suryoye hdire, trans. Philoxenos Yuḥanon Dolabani, 2nd ed. (Holland: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991), p: 233.
- 5 ʿAbdishoʿ bar Brikha, Ktābā d-metqre margānitā d-ʿal šrārā da-kresṭyānutā, 2nd ed. (Mosul: Mṭabbaʿtā ātoraytā d-ʿēdtā ʿattiqtā d-madnḥā, 1924), p: 70.
- 6 Josephus Simonius Assemani, Bibliotheca Orientalis Clementino-Vaticana (Rome: Sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1719-1728)., vol: III, p: 73.
- 7 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Marutha of Maipherqat.
- 8 Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques (Princeton, N.J.: The Darwin Press, Inc., 2004), entry: 303.
- 9 Jules Baudot, Léon Chaussin and Benedictines, Vies des saints et des bienheureux selon l'ordre du calendrier: avec
l'historique des fêtes (Paris: Librairie Letouzey et Ané, 1935)., section: 4 December, vol: XII, p: 126-30.
- 11 Pontificia Università lateranense and Istituto Giovanni XXIII, Bibliotheca sanctorum (Roma: Istituto Giovanni XXIII nella Pontificia Università lateranense, 1961-1970)., vol: VIII, p: 1305-1309.
- 12 Anton Baumstark, Geschichte der syrischen Literatur mit Ausschluß der christlich-palästinensischen Texte (Bonn: A. Marcus und E. Webers Verlag Dr. jur. Albert Ahn, 1922), p: 52, 53-54.
- 13 Ignatius Ortiz de Urbina, Patrologia Syriaca, Altera editio emendata et aucta (Romae: Pont. Institutum Orientalium Studiorum, 1965), section: 15.
- 14 Duval, La littérature syriaquep: 122, 123, 159., p: 122, 123, 159.
- 15 De scriptoribus Syris orthodoxisBibliotheca orientalis Clementino-Vaticanap: 174-195., p: 174-195.
- 16 William Wright, A Short History of Syriac Literature (London: Adam and Charles Black, 1894), p: 44-46.
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ܕܡܝܦܪܩܛ
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- Data from Macuch, Abuna, De Urbina, Duval, Assemani (vols. 1-2), Chabot, Wright, and Brock collected, verified, reconciled, and entered by Kristian Heal
- German data entry by Samer Khader
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