SPEAR Factoids about

Personal Information

Name variant(s):

Maro the stylite See factoid page

Maro of Kalesh in Amida See factoid page

Birth:

Birth place: Maro was born in Kalesh. See factoid page

Sex:

Maro was male. See factoid page

Maro was male. See factoid page

Sanctity:

Maro was a saint. See factoid page

Occupation(s):

Maro was an archimandrite. See factoid page

Maro was an archimandrite of Arʿa Rabtha See factoid page

Mental State:

Sergius was greatly distressed by the treatment of believers by the persecutors and wept unceasingly in the presence of Maro, who had given him refuge. See factoid page

Relationships

Abraham and Maron were siblings. See factoid page

John of Ephesus commemorated Maro. See factoid page

Events

Maro received gifts of the Spirit, but refused to perform exorcisms, instead he decided to enclose himself in a tree in the monastery and live as a hermit and ascetic. See factoid page

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Because Maro's ascetic practices were so extreme and sometimes dangerous, Abraham convinced him to return to the shelter of the monastery. See factoid page

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Abraham and Maro gained a great deal of fame. See factoid page

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Maro took Abraham's place on the column so that his brother's place would not be empty. See factoid page

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Maro prayed that his time on the column would not be a torment, but a conductor to life. See factoid page

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John's mother and father visited the holy Maro and asked him to save John's life, as all of his brothers and sisters died in infancy. See factoid page

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Maro bid a certain brother to fetch lentils for the baby John to eat. See factoid page

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John, who appeared dead, was revived by eating the lentils provided by Maro. See factoid page

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Maro made John's mother and father promise to bring him back in two years to be raised in the monastery See factoid page

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Sergius set out to visit Maro the stylite, whom the synod supporters left alone until a certain bishop visited him and tried unsuccessfully to convert him to the Chalcedonian heresy. See factoid page

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After two years, John's mother and father brought him to Maro to be raised in the monastery. See factoid page

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Maro's fame grew as he became known for performing blessings and miracles through prayer. See factoid page

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Maro explained to the people that he would not perform exorcisms because they are a means by which deceitful fiends possess the innocent in order to trick exorcists and healers into believing that they are more powerful than they really are--causing them to fall into the trap of pride and vainglory. See factoid page

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A certain layman whose wife was barren came to Maro for help. Maro gave him one of his toenails to hang on his wife, who then promptly conceived a son whom he named Maro. See factoid page

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Sergius was greatly distressed by the treatment of believers by the persecutors and wept unceasingly in the presence of Maro, who had given him refuge. See factoid page

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Sergius received a blessing from Maro and then set out to visit the churh in Amida. Sergius walked into the church in Amida, carrying a cross, and planted his cross on the chancel steps before seizing the preacher, Bishop Abraham, by the neck and throwing him to the ground. Sergius mounted the steps and addressed the crowd: "Cursed are the renegades; cursed are the persecutors; cursed is the synod of Chaledon, and whosoever assents to it. Cursed is every soul that receives the oblation from you and assents to your opinion unless he repents." The crowd, a mixture of believers and synod supporters, responded with praise and anger. See factoid page

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Maro warned the magistrate against abusing his authority and the magistrate ignored him. See factoid page

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Maro sent a presbyter to check on the magistrate and discovered that he, the people he enslaved, and his wife barely escaped a fire with their lives. See factoid page

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Anonymous 3629 fell ill and died after his confrontation with Maro. See factoid page

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Anonymous 3632 went blind after her husband's confrontation with Maro. See factoid page

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Anonymous 3632 died after her husband's confrontation with Maro. See factoid page

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Anonymi 3633 died after their master's confrontation with Maro. See factoid page

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Maro used the story of the fall of the Anonymous 3629 and his household as a warning against pride. See factoid page

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After twenty years, Maro received a vision of the invasion of the Huns. See factoid page

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Maro's companions refused to abandon him. See factoid page

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The Huns invaded but the monastery was protected and left unharmed because of Maro's prayers. See factoid page

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After forty years of labor, Maro died. See factoid page

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