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
ID | Title | E01637 | Greek 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. |
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