Saints of Orthodoxy

St. MaruthasBishop of Martyropolis

of Mesopotamia

Venerable· Green: Colour of the Holy Spirit and eternal life

“He brought into his episcopal city the relics of so many martyrs that it received the Greek moniker Martyropolis, that is, the 'City of Martyrs'.”
St. Maruthas Bishop of Martyropolis

Dates of commemoration for saint

Birth

4th century

Byzantine Empire

Death

422

Martyropolis, Persian Empire

Life path

  • Bishop
  • Founded a City
  • Author
  • Poet
  • Physician
  • Historian
  • Diplomat

Undertakings & Callings

  • 2nd Ecumenical Council
  • Defending the faith

God's Gifts

  • Wonderworking
  • Healing

Higher Education

  • Science
  • Medicine

Eras

  • Persecution in Persian Emp.
  • Macedonian heresy
  • Eutychian heresy
  • Messalian heresy

Places

  • Antioch, Syria
  • Asia Minor
  • Constantinople, Byzantine Empire

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