Maruthas
Martyrological notice
In Mesopotamia, of St. Maruthas, bishop, who repairing the churches of God ruined in Persia, through the persecution of king Isdegerdes, and famous for many miracles, deserved to be honoured even by his enemies.
The Lives Of The Saints: Volume 15, December · S. Maruthas, B. in Mesopotamia; circ . a.d. 430.
S. Maruthas, B. in Mesopotamia; circ . a.d. 430.
S. Theophanbs, M. at Constantinople; a.d. 780.
S. Anno, Abp. of Cologne; a.d. 1075.
S. Osmund, B. of Salisbury; a.d. 1099.
S. CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA.
(ABOUT A.D. 217.)
[Martyrology of Usuardus. Withdrawn from Roman Martyrology the reasons given in the preface to the Martyrology of 1751. Au- thorities : — Eusebius, Jerome, and his own writings.]
ITUS FLAVIUS CLEMENS, commonly called Clement of Alexandria, to distinguish him from Clement of Rome, was one of the most distin- guished Christian fathers of the third century. The ancients were not agreed as to the place of his birth ; some placed it at Alexandria, others at Athens, and say that he only obtained his title from the fact of his having made a long stay and taught in Alexandria.1 His parents were pagans, and he did not become a Christian till he had reached the ripe age of manhood. On this account he classed him- self with those who abandoned the sinful service of paganism for faith in the Redeemer, and received from Him the forgive- ness of their sins.* By free inquiry he convinced himself of the truth of Christianity, after he had acquired an extensive
• Epiphan. H*r. xxiii. 6. * Psedagog. u. A
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Martyrologium Romanum · Latin witness
In Mesopotamia sancti Maruthae Episcopi, qui Dei Ecclesias, ob persecutionem Isdegerdis Regis collapsas, in Perside reparavit, multisque miraculis clarus, apud hostes etiam meruit honorari.