Marutha of Tikrit, Persian theologian of the Syriac Orthodox Church (b. 565)
Marutha of Tikrit (Syriac: ܡܪܘܬܐ ܕܬܓܪܝܬ, Arabic: ماروثا التكريتي, Latin: Marutha Tagrithesis) was the Grand Metropolitan of the East and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church of the East from 628 or 629 until his death in 649. He is commemorated as a saint by the Syriac Orthodox Church.