Event Factoid: Mare confronted Justinian and Theodora concerning
the persecution. Because of his words and dress, they esteemed him a
holy man, and gave him a hundred weight of gold, which he promptly threw
away.
Sources:
E. W Brooks, trans.,Lives of the Eastern Saints II,Patrologia Orientalis 18.4 (1924), https://archive.org/stream/patrologiaorient18pariuoft#page/n521/mode/2up, p: 633.