Saint Maris of Persia

Memorial

• 19 January
• 16 January (Jerusalem martyrology)

Profile

Born to the nobility. Husband of Saint Martha, father of Saint Audifax and Saint Abachum. Convert who gave his fortune to the poor. Martyred with his whole family in the persecutions of Aurelian.

Born

• Persia

Died

• beheaded in 270 at Saint Ninfa 13 miles from Rome, Italy
• relics discovered in Rome in 1590

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia, by Léon Clugnet
• Heiligen 3s
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Maris of Persia“. Saints.SQPN.com. 18 January 2013. Web. 20 June 2013. <>