Marutha of Tikrit
Syriac Orthodox Maphrian and Theologian
b. c. 565 · d. 2 May 649
4th Maphrian of the East (Tikrit) · c. 629–c. 649
Offices
- Maphrian of the East (Tikrit) № 4 · c. 629 – c. 649
Marutha of Tikrit was the Grand Metropolitan of the East and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church of the East from 628 or 629 until his death in 649. He is commemorated as a saint by the Syriac Orthodox Church.
Related people
- Samuel of Ctesiphon succeeded · inferred
- Denha I of Tikrit preceded · inferred
Works
- Letter on the persecution by Barsauma 7th century
Places
- Tikrit death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus 1 claim — Oriens Christianus II, coll. 1534-1536 — Maphriani seu Primates Ecclesiae Jacobiticae