Saint Mari
1st-century Syriac missionary and apostle, Christian saint, one of the Seventy Disciples and founder of the Church of the East
d. 2nd century
4th Catholicos of the East (Seleucia-Ctesiphon) · c. 82–c. 120
Offices
- Catholicos of the East (Seleucia-Ctesiphon) № 4 · c. 82 – c. 120
Saint Mari [ܡܳܐܪܝ̣], also known as Mares or Maris [Μαρις], and originally named Palut [ܦܳܠܘ̣ܛ], is a saint of the Church of the East. He was converted by Thaddeus of Edessa, also known as "Addai"), and is said to have had as his spiritual director, Mar Aggai. He is venerated as the Apostle of Persia.
Related people
- Addai of Edessa disciple of · traditional
- Aggai disciple of · traditional
- Aggai succeeded · inferred
- Abris teacher of · traditional
- Abris preceded · inferred
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Events
Commemorated
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Maris, Amri et Slibae De Patriarchis Nestorianorum Commentaria (the Book of the Tower) 1 claim — Maris, De Patriarchis Nestorianorum Commentaria (ed. Gismondi)
- The Doctrine of Addai 1 claim — Mari preaches at Seleucia-Ctesiphon