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
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. Brock, "Marutha of Maypherqaṭ." in Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 273.
- 2 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003)., entry: 22, p: 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 ܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܒܪܨܘܡ, ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, ܚܬܳܡܳܐ ܬܪܰܝܳܢܳܐ2nd ed. (Holland: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܒܪܝܐBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991)., p: 233.
- 5 ʿAbdishoʿ bar Brikha and ܥܲܒܕܝܼܫܘܿܥ ܕܨܘܿܒܵܐ, 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: III, p: 73., 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, Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam 6 (Princeton, NJ: Darwin Press, 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)., vol: VIII, p: 1305-1309.
- 12 Anton Baumstark, Geschichte der syrischen Literatur, mit Ausschluss der christlich-palästinensischen Texte (Bonn: A. Marcus und E. Weber, 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 Rubens Duval, La littérature syriaque, Troisième Edition , Anciennes littératures chrétiennes, (Paris: Librairie Victor Lecoffre, 1907), p: 122, 123, 159.
- 15 J.S. Assemani, De scriptoribus Syris orthodoxis (Rome: Typis Sacræ Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1719)., p: 174-195.
- 16 William Wright, A Short History of Syriac Literature (London: A. and C. Black, 1894)., p: 44-46.
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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
- Editing, proofreading, data entry and revision by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent
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- Editing, Syriac name entry, disambiguation research, conversion to XML by Thomas A. Carlson
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