Marutha of Tagrit - ܡܪܘܬܐ ܕܬܓܪܝܬ

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"Metropolitan of Tagrit."1

Names

  • ܡܪܘܬܐ ܕܬܓܪܝܬ4
  • Marutha of Tagrit
  • ܡܪܘܬܐ6
  • ܡܰܪܘܬܶܐ ܕܬܰܓܪܝܬ4
  • ماروثا التكريتي3
  • Marouta de Tagrit6
  • Maroutha of Tagrit
  • Marūtā
  • Marutha Tagrithesis13
  • Marutha of Tagrit
  • Mārūṯā6
  • MĀRŪṮĀ DE TAKRĪT7
  • Marutha of Tagrit1
  • Marutha of Tagrit1
  • Marutha of Takrit2

Birth

Shawarzaq

Death

649

Sex

male7

Event

The saint is venerated on 2 May (2 Iyar) by Syr. iacob. (BHO). 7

Notes

"Metropolitan of Tagrit."1 In hagiography: Marutha of Tagrit was born near Balad and became a monk of the monastery of Mar Zakkay and then at Mor Matay. He became the first Maphrian of the Syrian Orthodox Church in the Sasanian empire.Dolabani's spelling of "Marutha" in Syriac should have an 'a' vowel instead of an 'e' vowel at the end: ܡܰܪܘܬܶܐ ܕܬܰܓܪܝܬ.
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Works Cited

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  • 1 S. P. Brock, Marutha of Tagrit, in The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, ed. Sebastian P. Brock et al. (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 273-274. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 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: 88p: 322. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 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: 280. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 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: 306. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 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 Tagrit