Martyr
Jacob of Samosata
Martyr of Samosata, who suffered for Christ.
- Feast
- January 29old style February 11
- Reposed
- 2973rd century
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Martyr Jacob of Samosata is numbered among the martyrs Romanus, Jacob, Philotheus, Hyperechius, Abibus, Julian and Parigorius, who suffered in the year 297, in the persecution of Diocletian (284-305), in the city of Samosata in Syria, on the bank of the Euphrates.
Fearlessly they exposed the madness of the service of idols, were seized and given over to various heavy torments: their bodies were scraped with iron, with heavy iron chains put on their necks, they were thrown into prison and, at last, hanged, with their heads nailed to a cross.
They are commemorated on 11 February (new style).
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