• Jacob of Nisibis, a church founded in the 12th century in honor of the saint who climbed the nearby Mount Ararat...
  • In ancient times, Jacob the Great, or Saint James of Nisibis was highly revered throughout the Church.
  • Saint Jacob of Nisibis Jacob s tomb in the crypt of his church in Nisibis. Born 3rd century AD Nisibis (Antiochia Mygdoniae) Died c. 350 AD Nisibis.
  • Author and Publisher - Catholic Online Printable Catholic Saints PDFs Shop St. Jacob of Nisibis. ... First bishop of Nisibis, also listed as James.
  • St. Jacob of Nisibis. Scroll for quotes→. ... The Chronicle of Edessa states that the saint constructed the first church in Nisibis in c. 313–320.
  • Description: Photograph by Gareth Hughes of the Church of Saint Jacob (`Idto d-Mor Y`aqub) in Nisibis.
  • Saint Jacob of Nisibis, also known as Saint Jacob of Mygdonia, Saint Jacob the Great, and Saint James of Nisibis, was the Bishop of Nisibis until his death.
  • Saint Theodoret relates that the bones of Saint Jacob were transferred from Nisibis to Edessa following the city's cession to Iran on 22 August 363.
  • Jacob's tomb in the crypt of his church in Nisibis. Jacob of Nisibis (Template:Lang-syr, Yaʿqôḇ Nṣîḇnāyâ; died c. AD 338), is a Syriac saint.
  • St. Jacob of Nisibis. ... He built both a church and a schooling Nisibis and may even have attended the Council of Antioch.