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Jacob Of Serugh

Syrian writer
Also known as: Jacob of Sarug
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Jacob Of Serugh (born 451, Curtam [now Qurṭmān], Syria—died November 521, Baṭnan, Osroëne [now in Turkey]) was a Syriac writer described for his learning and holiness as “the flute of the Holy Spirit and the harp of the believing church.” Like his father, Jacob was ordained a priest, and by 503 he was episcopal visitor of Haura in Serugh. In 519 he was made bishop of Baṭnan in Serugh. By his contemporaries and by some...

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