Maruthas of Martyropolis
Saint Maruthas | |
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Roman Catholic Church)[1] |
Maruthas or Marutha of Martyropolis was a Syrian monk who became
He brought into his episcopal city the relics of so many martyrs that it received the Greek moniker Martyropolis. During his tenure as bishop he was a friend of Byzantine churchman John Chrysostom. Moreover, it was through this political connections he was able to act as an envoy and ambassador between the East Roman Emperor and the Persian Emperor.[2]
In the interests of the Church of
He was present at the general
His writings include:
- Acts of the Persian Martyrs (these acts remember the victims of the persecution of Shapur II and Yazdegerd I)[6]
- History of the Council of Nicaea
- A translation in Syriac of the canons of the Council of Nicaea
- A Syrian liturgy, or anaphora
- Commentaries on the Gospels
- Acts of the Council of Seleucia-Ctesiphon
He also wrote hymns on the Holy Eucharist, on the Cross, and on saints killed in Shapur's persecution.
Notes
- ^ a b "St. Maruthas". catholic.org. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
- ^ a b "The Armenian Life of Marutha of Maipherkat", Ralph Marcus, The Harvard Theological Review, Vol. 25, No. 1 (Jan., 1932), 47.
- ^ a b "The Armenian Life of Marutha of Maipherkat", Ralph Marcus, The Harvard Theological Review, 50.
- ^ "The Armenian Life of Marutha of Maipherkat", Ralph Marcus, The Harvard Theological Review, 49.
- ISBN 9781088234327.
- ^ "The Armenian Life of Marutha of Maipherkat", Ralph Marcus, The Harvard Theological Review, 47-48.
References
- Maruthas from the Catholic Encyclopedia (1915)
- De Lacy O'Leary, The Syriac Church and Fathers (2002)
- Wace, Henry(editors); A dictionary of christian biography, literature, sects and doctrine, "Maruthas (1)", (1877).
- Moffett, Samuel Hugh. A History of Christianity in Asia, (Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 1998) p. 154-155
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "St. Maruthas". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
