The Church Fathers Library

Library

Marutha of Maiperqat

Also: Maruthas of Martyropolis, Maruta

Born: the year and the place are not known. Died probably between 418 and 422; the place is not known.

Bishop of Maiperqat and Roman envoy to Persia, who helped the Persian church hold its synod of 410.

Wrote in Syriac.

Places lived

  1. 399 to 420Martyropolis (Maiperqat), now Silvan, Turkeybishopyears probable
  2. 408 to 410Seleucia-Ctesiphon (now Al-Mada'in, Iraq)envoyyears probable

Works

1 work, in the order they were written. 0 works can be read here.

Filed here, not written by Marutha of Maiperqat

These texts are about this person, hold what this person said, or carry this name without good reason. Each page says which.

How we know the dates and places
Born not known
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maruthas_of_Martyropolis
Place of birth not known
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maruthas_of_Martyropolis
Died probable
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maruthas_of_Martyropolis : about 420
Place of death not known
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maruthas_of_Martyropolis
Martyropolis (Maiperqat), years probable
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maruthas_of_Martyropolis : bishop from before 399; the page ends his time as bishop about 410 and puts his death about 420
Martyropolis (Maiperqat), place sure
Socrates, Church History 7.8; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maruthas_of_Martyropolis; site: Pleiades https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874573
Seleucia-Ctesiphon, years probable
Synodicon Orientale, synod of 410; Socrates, Church History 7.8
Seleucia-Ctesiphon, place sure
Synodicon Orientale, synod of 410; site: Pleiades https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893976