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Jacob of Nisibis
Jacob of Nisibis | |
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 Head reliquary of St. Jacob of Nisibis, Hildesheim | |
| Bishop of Nisibis | |
| Born | Nisibis, Roman Empire (modern-day Nusaybin, Mardin, Turkey) |
| Died | 337/338[1] or 350[2][3][4][5] Nisibis, Roman Empire (modern-day Nusaybin, Mardin, Turkey) |
| Venerated in | Church of the East Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodox Church Eastern Catholic Churches Roman Catholic Church |
| Major shrine | Church of Saint Jacob of Nisibis |
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Saint Jacob of Nisibis (Syriac: ܝܥܩܘܒ ܢܨܝܒܢܝܐ, Yaʿqôḇ Nṣîḇnāyâ; Greek: Ἅγιος Ἰάκωβος Ἐπίσκοπος Μυγδονίας; Armenian: Յակոբ Մծբնայ Yakob Mtsbnay), also known as Saint Jacob of Mygdonia,[6][note 1] Saint Jacob the Great,[7] and Saint James of Nisibis, was a hermit, a grazer and the Bishop of Nisibis until his death.[8]
He was lauded as the "Moses of Mesopotamia", and was the spiritual father of the renowned writer and theologian Saint Ephrem the Syrian.[7] Saint Jacob was present at the first ecumenical council at Nicaea, and is venerated as a saint by the Church of the East, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Church, Roman Catholic Church, and Eastern Catholic Churches.
- ^ Bundy (2013), p. 602
- ^ January 13/January 26. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- ^ St James the Bishop of Nisibis. Orthodox Church in America - Lives of the Saints.
- ^ Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. JAMES, B. OF NISIBIS. (CIRC. A.D. 350.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Seventh: July - Part I. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 351-357.
- ^ Frend (1972), p. 8
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Jotischky, Andrew (2011). A hermit's cookbook: monks, food and fasting in the Middle Ages. London New York, NY: Continuum. ISBN 978-0-8264-2393-1.
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