RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Jacob of Nisibis

300 - 338

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Saint Jacob of Nisibis (Syriac: ܝܥܩܘܒ ܢܨܝܒܢܝܐ, Yaʿqôḇ Nṣîḇnāyâ; Greek: Ἅγιος Ἰάκωβος Ἐπίσκοπος Μυγδονίας; Armenian: Յակոբ Մծբնայ Yakob Mtsbnay), also known as Saint Jacob of Mygdonia, Saint Jacob the Great, and Saint James of Nisibis, was a hermit, a grazer and the Bishop of Nisibis until his death. He was lauded as the "Moses of Mesopotamia", and was the spiritual father of the renowned writer and theologian Saint Ephrem the Syrian. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacob of Nisibis has received more than 162,981 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Jacob of Nisibis is the 2,041st most popular religious figure (down from 1,873rd in 2019), the 757th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 856th in 2019) and the 117th most popular Turkish Religious Figure.

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  • 160k

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  • 52.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Jacob of Nisibis ranks 2,041 out of 3,187. Before him are Louis Billot, Carlo Caffarra, Teodolfo Mertel, Laurence of Canterbury, Quodvultdeus, and Julie Billiart. After him are Carlo Furno, Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Frang Bardhi, Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, Zara Yaqob, and Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 300, Jacob of Nisibis ranks 66. Before him are Pope Achillas of Alexandria, Marcia Otacilia Severa, Basilina, Proculus, Nonius Marcellus, and Pope Theonas of Alexandria. After him are Vetranio, Domitius Domitianus, Nemesianus, Aphthonius of Antioch, Hypatius of Gangra, and Bongsang of Goguryeo. Among people deceased in 338, Jacob of Nisibis ranks 1. After him are Khosrov III the Small, and Ablabius.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Jacob of Nisibis ranks 757 out of 1,347. Before him are Uğur Şahin (1965), John VIII of Constantinople (1005), David Komnenos (1184), Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (1968), Maximus V of Constantinople (1897), and Jan Rustem (1762). After him are Deniz Baykal (1938), Maria Komnene (1152), Onesiphorus (50), Stephen Lekapenos (901), Orhan Gencebay (1944), and Mkrtich Khrimian (1820).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Türkiye

Among religious figures born in Türkiye, Jacob of Nisibis ranks 117. Before him are Athanasius I of Constantinople (1230), Hâfiz Osman (1642), Alypius the Stylite (700), Gennadius of Constantinople (458), Sophronius IV of Alexandria (1798), and Maximus V of Constantinople (1897). After him are Onesiphorus (50), Mkrtich Khrimian (1820), Ghevont Alishan (1820), Arsenios Autoreianos (1200), Constantine VI of Constantinople (1859), and Dorotheus of Gaza (510).

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