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Hierarch · 4th century

James Bishop of Nisibis

Also known as Jacob of Nisibis

Bishop of Nisibis on the Persian frontier, a wonderworker and one of the fathers of the First Ecumenical Council who protected his city by prayer.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Jan 13