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Personal Information
Name variant(s):
Mare, Bishop of Amida in Mesopotamia See factoid page
Sex:
Mare was male. See factoid page
Place of residence:
Mare resided in Petra after the exile. See factoid page
Sanctity:
Mare was a saint. See factoid page
Mare was a martyr. See factoid page
Occupation(s):
Mare was a bishop. See factoid page
Relationships
Mara, metropolitan of Amid had ecclesiastical authority over Stephen, Thomas and Sergius. See factoid page
Mara, metropolitan of Amid, Anonymous 3606 and Anonymi 3607 were siblings. See factoid page
Mara, metropolitan of Amid had ecclesiastical authority over Zota. See factoid page
Events
The persecution reached Mare, Bishop of Amida in Mesopotamia and he chose exile over the synod of Chalcedon. He went into exile in Petra with Sergius, Stephen, and Thomas. See factoid page
Mare sent Stephen to the Royal City to ask for relief from their distress in Petra. Stephen appealed to Theodora. She appealed to her husband Justinian. He appealed to his uncle, Justin I who stated that Mare could come to Alexandria. See factoid page
Stephen delivered the order to come to Alexandria to Mare and his men as well as to Isidore, Bishop of Kenneshrin, also in exile. See factoid page
Mare and his men found an old man who sold utensils for a living in the village of Mendis. He lived in a community of other religious exiles. Stephen and Thomas asked the man to lead them to the exiles. See factoid page
Mare died in Alexandria See factoid page
Stephen and the sisters of Mare, Anonymous 3606 and Anonymous 3607, received permission from Theodora to take Mare's bones to his own country. See factoid page
Mare's bones were put to rest in a chapel in Beth Shurla See factoid page
Stephen saw that Thomas was residing in Monastery of John Urtaya and decided to join him, as did another monk who served under Mare, named Zota. All three men dwelled in the Monastery of John Urtaya for two years. See factoid page