The Nicene Age · AD 313–400
Mareabes
d. c. AD 362 (martyr) · Chorepiscopus · Martyr · Zabdaion → Sasanian Persia
The Nicene Age
Who Mareabes was
Country bishop — chorepiscopus — to Dausas, killed with him and some two hundred and fifty clergy after their deportation. The office itself is worth the record: a rural suffragan is a rank the archive holds almost nothing on.
Named once in the sources within the horizon; no other ancient witness names him.
Also listed in martyrs.
Common questions
When did Mareabes die?
Mareabes is dated d. c. AD 362 (martyr) in the archive, which places Mareabes in the Nicene Age (AD 313–400). The dating is traditional and approximate; the archive marks it as uncertain rather than fixing a year the sources do not give.
Which early sources mention Mareabes?
Mareabes is named in 1 primary-source passage catalogued here, drawn from Sozomen. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Where was Mareabes from?
The archive associates Mareabes with Zabdaion, Sasanian Persia. The sources record more than one location, so the places are listed in the order the record moves through them.
Who were Mareabes’ contemporaries?
The archive links Mareabes to 2 other figures, including Dausas and Shapur II. Each connection is drawn from a source that places them together, not from inference.
Primary-source mentions (1)
Every passage below is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Ecclesiastical History II.14 (the persecution under Shapur II)
c. AD 445Dausas… who died with the rural bishop (chorepiskopos) Mareabes and about 250 of his clerics.Sozomen · Ecclesiastical History II.14 · source text
Connected in the archive
People
Events in this lifetime
- AD 301 · Hripsime and her company, AD 301
- AD 303 · The Great Persecution begins, AD 303
- AD 303 · The search of the church at Cirta, AD 303
- AD 306 · The Council of Elvira, AD 306
- AD 311 · Galerius’ edict of Serdica, AD 311
- AD 313 · The Edict of Milan, AD 313
- AD 314 · The Council of Arles, AD 314
- AD 320 · Silvanus tried before Zenophilus, AD 320
- AD 325 · The Council of Nicaea, AD 325
- AD 339 · The persecution of Shapur II, AD 339
- AD 343 · The Council of Serdica, AD 343
- AD 361 · Julian’s pagan restoration, AD 361
Place
Places served
The 2 places the sources put Mareabes, in the order the record moves through them. This is what the sources attest, not a reconstructed route.
- 1Zabdaion
- 2Sasanian Persiaprovince only