Saint Mari

Saint Maris
Venerated in Assyrian Church of the East
Chaldean Catholic Church
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church

Saint Mari, also known as Mares[1] and originally named Palut, was a saint of the Church of the East. He was converted by Thaddeus of Edessa (aka Addai) and is said to have had Mar Aggai as his spiritual director. He is also believed to have done missionary work around Nineveh, Nisibis, and along the Euphrates, and is said to have been one of the great apostles to Syria and Persia. He was buried in Dair-Kuni.[1] He and Thaddeus are credited with the Liturgy of Addai and Mari. Despite the fact that there is little if any concrete information on Mari, he is still venerated as a saint by the Assyrian Church of the East, the Chaldean Catholic Church, and the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. He is distinct from St Mari of the seventy disciples with whom the Apocryphal Acts of Mar Mari are connected.

References

  1. 1 2 Neale, John Mason (2008). A History of the Holy Eastern Church: The Patriarchate of Antioch: The Patriarchate of Antioch. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-60608-330-7.

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Preceded by
Mar Aggai
(c.66 c.81)
Catholicos-Patriarch of the Church of the East
c. 87120
Succeeded by
Mar Abris
(121137)
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