Holy Venerables
Iakovos and Dometios
of Esphigmenou Monastery
Two monks of Esphigmenou Monastery in 1280, commemorated on 23 February; canonized saints of Athos.
- Feast
- February 23old style March 8
- Reposed
- 128013th century
- Place
- Esphigmenou, Mount Athos
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Iakovos and Dometios were two monks of the Monastery of Esphigmenou on Mount Athos who lived around the year 1280 and are commemorated on 23 February. They are counted canonized saints of Athos. Nothing about their lives survives in the sources at hand beyond their names, their monastery and the time they lived.
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