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.
Sex
male8
Notes
"Bp., doctor, and co-convenor of the Synod of Seleucia-Ctesiphon (410)."1 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.Status: draft
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Works Cited
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- 1 S. P. Brock, Marutha of Maypherqaṭ, in The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, ed. Sebastian P. Brock et al. (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 273.
- 2 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, trans. Matti Moosa, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003), entry: 22p: 240.
- 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and اغناطيوس افرام الاول برصوم, كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, الطبعة الرابعة4th ed. (Holland: مطبعة ابن العبري بدير مار افرام السريانيBar Hebraeus
Verlag, 1987), p: 207.
- 4 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and ܕܒܝܬ ܒܪܨܘܡܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܩܕܡܝܐ, ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ
ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, trans. Philoxenos Yuḥanon Dolabani and ܕܘܠܒܐܢܝܦܝܠܠܘܟܣܝܢܘܣ
ܝܘܚܢܢ, ܚܬܳܡܳܐ ܬܪܰܝܳܢܳܐ2nd ed. (Holland: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܒܪܝܐBar Hebraeus Verlag,
1991), p: 233.
- 5 ʿAbdishoʿ bar Brikha and ܕܨܘܿܒܵܐܥܲܒܕܝܼܫܘܿܥ, ܟܬ̣ܵܒ̣ܵܐ ܕܡܸܬ̣ܩܪܸܐ ܡܪܓܢܝܬ̣ܐ ܕܥܲܠ ܫܪܵܪܵܐ
ܕܲܟ̣ܪܸܣܛܝܵܢܘܼܬ̣ܵܐ, ܐܲܨܲܚܬܵܐ ܬܪܲܝܵܢܝܼܬ̣ܵܐ2nd ed. (Mosul: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܬܐ ܕܥܕܬܐ ܥܬܝܩܬܐ
ܕܡܕܢܚܐMṭabbaʿtā ātoraytā d-ʿēdtā ʿattiqtā d-madnḥā, 1924), p: 70.
- 6 Bibliotheca Orientalis Clementino-Vaticanavol: IIIp: 73, vol: IIIp: 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