Syriac Orthodox Maphrian and Theologian
b. c. 565 · d. 2 May 649
4th Maphrian of the East (Tikrit) · 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.