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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Iakobos/Jacob of Cyrrhestica, monk of Syria, ob. c. 460s

Saint ID

S00378

Reported Death Not Before

457

Reported Death Not After

500

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns, Hermits/recluses
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E01637Greek inscription on a boundary stone of a church or monastery dedicated to a martyr 'Iacobos': either an otherwise unknown local martyr, or James ('brother of the Lord', S00058), or perhaps Jacob of Cyrrhestica, (monk of Syria, ob. c. 460s, S00378). Found at Umm al-Jurun near Androna (modern al-Andarin), to the east of Apamea on the Orontes (central Syria). 527/548.