Jacob the Monk (Lebanon)

Jacob the Monk was a 6th-century monk who was an important early figure in European Christianity. He is known from menologia and synaxaria of the Church of Constantinople, where he is mentioned for October 9 or 10.[1] A Syriac manuscript is held by the British Museum.[2]

References
  1. Pummer, Reinhard (2002). The Life of Jacob the Monk. In Early Christian Authors on Samaritans and Samaritanism: Texts, Translations and Commentary. Mohr Siebeck, ISBN 9783161478314
  2. Wright, William (1872). Catalogue of Syriac manuscripts in the British Museum acquired since the year 1838, Volume 3. Gorgias Press


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