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Jacob was born at Nisibis (''Antiochia Mygdoniae'') towards the end of the third century, the son of Prince Gefal (Armenia).<ref name="S.V.BULGAKOV">[[Sergius V. Bulgakov|S. V. Bulgakov]]. ''[http://www.transfigcathedral.org/faith/Bulgakov/index.shtml Handbook for Church Servers].'' 2nd Ed. Kharkov, 1900. 1274pp. (Translated by Archpriest [http://www.transfigcathedral.org/about/clergy/FrEugene.shtml Eugene D. Tarris], December 13, 2006).</ref> By some accounts he is said the have been nearly related to his contemporary [[Gregory the Enlightener|Gregory the Illuminator]], the Apostle of Armenia.<ref group="note">However according to Jacob's biographical entry at CCEL: "The Armenians mistakenly call him the friend of Gregory the Illuminator." (Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL). ''[http://www.ccel.org/s/schaff/encyc/encyc06/htm/iii.lv.xvi.htm JACOB (JAMES) OF NISIBIS].'')</ref> According to St. [[w:Mar Awgin|Eugene (Augin)]],<ref group="note">"...tradition ascribes Persian monasticism to a certain [[w:Mar Awgin|Eugene (Augin)]], who brought it from the Egyptian desert, and founded the famous monastery of [[w:Mount Izla|Mount Izla]] near Nisibis in the early 4th century." (Fr. Dr. [[w:Adrian Fortescue (priest)|Adrian Fortescue]]. ''[http://www.archive.org/details/lessereasternchu00fortuoft Lesser Eastern Churches].'' London: Catholic Truth Society, 1913. p.43.)</ref> the [[Venerable]] St. Jacob came from the tribe and the family of [[Apostle James the Just|St. James the brother of the Lord]].<ref name="ASOC">[[Church of Antioch (Syriac)|Antiochian Syriac Orthodox Church]]. ''[http://syrorthodoxchurch.com/english-Dateien/Page2149.htm St. Jacob of Nisibis].''</ref>
In 361 [[Julian the Apostate]] commanded that these sacred remains to be removed without the city. Soon after Julian's death, in order to obtain peace, Emperor Jovian was obliged to yield up Nisibis to the Persians in 363, along with the five Roman provinces situated on the Tigris, and a great part of Mesopotamia.<ref group="note">At the time of its cession to the Persians, [[w:Nusaybin|Nisibis]] was a Christian center important enough to become the ecclesiastical metropolis of the Province of Beit-Arbayé (''Arbayé; Turkish: Alayurt; the area around Nisibis; in today's Turkish province of [[w:Mardin Province|Mardin]]''). In 410 it had six suffragan sees and as early as the middle of the fifth century was the most important episcopal see of the Persian Church after [[w:Al-Mada'in|Seleucia-Ctesiphon]]. (S. VAILHE. ''[http://oce.catholic.com/index.php?title=Nisibis Nisibis: Titular Archdiocese of Mesopotamia].'' The Original Catholic Encyclopedia. 1913.)</ref>
When Nisibis was yielded to the Persian monarch in 363, the Christian inhabitants carried the [[Relics|sacred relics]] with them, <ref>Theod. ''u. s.'' p.1119; Soz. ''H. E.'' v.3; Gennad. ''u. s.'' c.1.</ref> which, according to the Menologion of the [[w:Mechitarists|Armenians at Venice]], were brought to Constantinople about the year 970.
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