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Iakob Tsurtaveli

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Jacob of Tsurtavi (Georgian: იაკობ ცურტაველი, romanized: iak'ob tsurt'aveli) also known as Jacob the Priest (იაკობ ხუცესი, Iakob Khutsesi) was the 5th-century Georgian religious writer and priest from Tsurtavi, then the major town of Gogarene and the Lower Iberia. A personal priest of Saint Shushanik and an eyewitness of her martyrdom at the hand of her spouse, bidaxae Varsken, Jacob compiled her life in his hagiographic novel the Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik, the oldest surviving work of the Georgian literature written between 476 and 483. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Iakob Tsurtaveli has received more than 18,577 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Iakob Tsurtaveli is the 4,585th most popular writer, the 179th most popular biography from Georgia and the 27th most popular Georgian Writer.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Iakob Tsurtaveli ranks 4,585 out of 5,755. Before him are Yurii Andrukhovych, Juan de la Cueva, George Mikes, Yordan Yovkov, Barthold Heinrich Brockes, and Juan de Mena. After him are Chester Himes, Dante Spinotti, John O'Hara, Alexander Abusch, Nikolai Klyuev, and William of Poitiers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500, Iakob Tsurtaveli ranks 53. Before him are Amalaberga, Sittas, Oisc of Kent, Al-Mundhir III ibn al-Nu'man, Peter III of Alexandria, and Mihirakula. After him are Fergus Mór, Wehha of East Anglia, Zenonis, Eormenric of Kent, Comgall mac Domangairt, and Octa of Kent.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Iakob Tsurtaveli ranks 179 out of 342. Before him are Irakli Garibashvili (1982), Badri Patarkatsishvili (1955), Vano Muradeli (1908), Revaz Chkheidze (1926), Shota Chochishvili (1950), and Nana Jorjadze (1948). After him are Kakhi Asatiani (1947), Shota Arveladze (1973), Fyodor Yurchikhin (1959), Ghazaros Aghayan (1840), Anzor Kavazashvili (1940), and Rafael Chimishkyan (1929).

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Among WRITERS In Georgia

Among writers born in Georgia, Iakob Tsurtaveli ranks 27. Before him are Mikheil Javakhishvili (1880), Irakli Abashidze (1909), Davit Guramishvili (1705), Merab Kostava (1939), Otar Chiladze (1933), and Besiki (1750). After him are Ghazaros Aghayan (1840), Giorgi Leonidze (1899), Ekaterine Gabashvili (1851), Miho Mosulishvili (1962), and Tamara Gverdtsiteli (1962).

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