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Jacob of Serugh - ܝܥܩܘܒ ܕܣܪܘܓ

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"Poet, known as ‘the Flute of the Holy Spirit and the Harp of the Church’; bp. of Baṭnan da-Srug (519–21)."1

Names

  • ܝܥܩܘܒ ܕܣܪܘܓ
  • Jacob of Serugh
  • ܝܥܩܘܒ ܕܒܛܢܢ ܕܣܪܘܓ6
  • ܡܪܝ ܝܥܩܘܒ ܕܣܪܘܓ ܡܠܦܢܐ4
  • ܡܳܪܝ ܝܰܥܩܘܒ ܕܰܣܪܘܓ ܡܰܠܦܳܢܐ4
  • مار يعقوب السروجي الملفان3
  • Jacobus Sarugensis13
  • Jacob of Batnae18
  • Jacob of Sarug5
  • Jacob of Serūg18
  • Jacques de Saroug6
  • JACQUES DE SAROUG7
  • Serugh
  • Yaqub of Serugh
  • Yaʾqōḇ d-ḇatnān da-Srūg6
  • Yaʿqōb d-Batnān da-Srug
  • Ya‘qub of Serugh
  • Jacob of Serugh
  • Jacques de Serugh6
  • Mar Jacob of Sarug , the Malphono2
  • Yaʿqub of Serugh1

Birth

ca. 451 Kurtam

Death

521

Sex

male7

Event

The saint is venerated on 25 November (25 Teshri II). 7, 9

Notes

"Poet, known as ‘the Flute of the Holy Spirit and the Harp of the Church’; bp. of Baṭnan da-Srug (519–21)."1 In hagiography: Jacob is commemorated as an author of many poems on biblical and theological topics. He had been a student of the School of Edessa. His relics were transferred to Amida (Diyarbakir) after his death.
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  • 1 S. P. Brock, Yaʿqub of Serugh, in The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, ed. Sebastian P. Brock et al. (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 433-435. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, trans. Matti Moosa, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003), entry: 38p: 255. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and اغناطيوس افرام الاول برصوم, كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, الطبعة الرابعة4th ed. (Holland: مطبعة ابن العبري بدير مار افرام السريانيBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987), p: 219. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and ܕܒܝܬ ܒܪܨܘܡܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܩܕܡܝܐ, ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, trans. Philoxenos Yuḥanon Dolabani and ܕܘܠܒܐܢܝܦܝܠܠܘܟܣܝܢܘܣ ܝܘܚܢܢ, ܚܬܳܡܳܐ ܬܪܰܝܳܢܳܐ2nd ed. (Holland: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܒܪܝܐBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991), p: 246. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 Sergey Minov, ed., A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Jacob of Sarug