# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/isaac-of-nineveh
# Generated: 2026-08-31T23:28:39.334Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/isaac-of-nineveh"
name: "Isaac of Nineveh"
slug: "isaac-of-nineveh"
description: "A 7th-century bishop who left his post after five months and disappeared into the mountains to write. His texts on asceticism and mercy crossed every Christian schism that followed — Church of the East, Catholic, Orthodox — and still circulate under half a dozen names."
tagline: "Eastern Orthodox saint"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Isak_Sirin.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "640"
deathDate: "700"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.88
  momentum:             4.923312883435583
  historical:           23.824316
  currentAttention:     27.3517382413088
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
  - name: "Religious Figures"
    slug: "religious-figures"
  - name: "TV Personality"
    slug: "tv-personality"
  - name: "News Broadcasting"
    slug: "news-broadcasting"
  - name: "Religion"
    slug: "religion"
  - name: "Medieval Era"
    slug: "medieval-era"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_of_Nineveh"
    title: "Wikipedia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q462966"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Isaac%20of%20Nineveh"
    title: "Pantheon 2.0"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC_%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E2%80%8C%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95"
    title: "নীনবীয় ইস্‌হাক"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iz%C3%A1k_Syrsk%C3%BD"
    title: "Izák Syrský"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaak_von_Ninive"
    title: "Isaak von Ninive"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99%CF%83%CE%B1%CE%AC%CE%BA_%CE%BF_%CE%A3%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82"
    title: "Ισαάκ ο Σύρος"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_the_Syrian"
    title: "Isaac the Syrian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_de_N%C3%ADnive"
    title: "Isaac de Nínive"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iisak_Ninivel%C3%A4inen"
    title: "Iisak Niniveläinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_de_Ninive"
    title: "Isaac de Ninive"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%A6%D7%97%D7%A7_%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%94"
    title: "יצחק מנינוה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izak_od_Ninive"
    title: "Izak od Ninive"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninivei_Szent_Izs%C3%A1k"
    title: "Ninivei Szent Izsák"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BB%D5%BD%D5%A1%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%AF_%D5%86%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%BE%D5%A5%D6%81%D5%AB"
    title: "Իսահակ Նինվեցի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishak_dari_Niniwe"
    title: "Ishak dari Niniwe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isacco_di_Ninive"
    title: "Isacco di Ninive"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%81%AE%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A2%E3%82%AF"
    title: "シリアのイサアク"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8B%9C%EB%A6%AC%EC%95%84%EC%9D%98_%EC%9D%B4%EC%82%AD"
    title: "시리아의 이삭"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaaka_avy_any_Ninive"
    title: "Isaaka avy any Ninive"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BA_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Исак Сирин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mwl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisaque_de_N%C3%ADnive"
    title: "Eisaque de Nínive"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaak_de_Syri%C3%ABr"
    title: "Isaak de Syriër"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izaak_Syryjczyk"
    title: "Izaak Syryjczyk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaque_de_N%C3%ADnive"
    title: "Isaque de Nínive"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Sirul"
    title: "Isaac Sirul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%B3%D8%AD%D9%82_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikiquote.org/wiki/Isaac_de_N%C3%ADnive"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://el.wikiquote.org/wiki/%CE%99%CF%83%CE%B1%CE%AC%CE%BA_%CE%BF_%CE%A3%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Isaac_of_Nineveh"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Isaac was born around 613 and became a bishop in the Church of the East sometime in the 7th century, appointed to Nineveh. He held the office for roughly five months before resigning and retreating into solitude. There, he turned to writing — producing works on Christian asceticism that would outlive the ecclesiastical borders of his time. His texts on spiritual practice and divine mercy were copied and translated across traditions that rarely agreed on anything else. He's venerated as a saint across the Church of the East, Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Syriac Orthodox churches. His feast day lands on January 28 in most traditions, shared with the 4th-century hymnographer Ephrem the Syrian; the Syriac Orthodox Church marks it separately on May 14.