Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and David A. Michelson (eds.), "John bar Maryam — ܝܘܚܢܢ ܒܪ ܡܪܝܡ " in last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1323 ܝܘܚܢܢ ܒܪ ܡܪܝܡ Yuḥanān bar Maryam John bar Maryam John and Jacob Yōḥanān bar Maryam Jean bar Maryam JEAN ET JACQUES http://syriaca.org/person/1323 256 male martyr 344 Yuḥanān bar Maryam (John) was the Bishop of Arbela who was arrested with Jacob the zealot. They were sent to Shapur, flogged, and decapitated. John bar Maryam is commemorated in John the Bishop and the Priest Jacob (text). Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca 103 Saints Syriaques JEAN ET JACQUES 256 AMS IV, 128-30 BHO 500 Šuhadā'' I, 274-75 J.M. Fiey BSO I, 1208