Name
Jacob, bishop of Nisibis, ob. c. 337/338
Saint ID
S00296
Number in BH
O 405-411
Reported Death Not Before
337
Reported Death Not After
350
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Miracle-workers in lifetime, Hermits/recluses, Bishops
| ID | Title | E00150 | The Epic Histories (3.10), traditionally attributed to P'awstos, recount the miracle performed by *Jacob (bishop of Nisibis, ob. c. 337/8, S00296) at the Council of Nicaea and his vision of the Emperor *Constantine (S00186). Written in Armenian in the second half of the 5th c. | E01523 | The early 5th c. Syriac Martyrology commemorates on 15 July the death of *Jacob (bishop of Nisibis, ob. c. 337/8, S00296). Preserved in a manuscript written in Edessa (northern Mesopotamia) in 411. | E02015 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (1.37), writes of *Jacob (bishop of Nisibis, ob. c. 337/8, S00296) and the protection his prayers gave to his city; he also mentions the influence with God of *Maximinus (bishop of Trier, ob. c. 347, S00465). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/594. | E05857 | The Calendar of Willibrord, in its earliest version, records the feasts of various saints in July. Written in Latin at Echternach, Frisia (north-east Gaul), 703/710. | E06065 | The Greek lives by Theodoret of Cyrrhus, of *Jacob (bishop of Nisibis, S00296), *Ioulianos/Julianus Saba (monk of Mesopotamia, S00344), and *Abraham of Harran (monk and bishop of Syria, S00366) are translated into Syriac no later than the 6th century. |
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