# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jacob-of-nisibis
# Generated: 2026-08-16T12:04:03.382Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jacob-of-nisibis"
name: "Jacob of Nisibis"
slug: "jacob-of-nisibis"
description: "Jacob of Nisibis, also known as Jacob of Mygdonia, Jacob the Great, and James of Nisibis, was a hermit, a grazer and the Bishop of Nisibis until his death."
tagline: "Syrian saint"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Hildesheim_Domschatz_Reliquiar_Jakob_von_Nisibis.jpg/330px-Hildesheim_Domschatz_Reliquiar_Jakob_von_Nisibis.jpg"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "300"
deathDate: "338"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.12473466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jakub z Nisibis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mor Yakub"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q220017"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump