Hieromartyr
Jacob
Presbyter of Telatha-Shelila
A presbyter confessor from a place read as Telatha-Shelila, slain under Shapur II, commemorated in the Syriac Martyrology of 411.
- Era
- 4th century
- Place
- Telatha-Shelila (?)
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Jacob was a presbyter confessor from a place that the manuscript calls Telatha-Shelila, unidentified, and was killed in the persecution of the Persian king Shapur II.
He is named in the eastern part of the Syriac Martyrology of 411 as "Jacob, martyr priest of Telatha-Shelila". The editor Nau notes that he was stoned outside the city of Karka de Beth Selok (Kirkuk). No other details survive.