# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jacob-of-serugh
# Generated: 2026-08-15T16:34:14.641Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jacob-of-serugh"
name: "Jacob of Serugh"
slug: "jacob-of-serugh"
description: "Jacob of Serugh, also called Jacob of Sarug or Mar Jacob, was one of the foremost poets and theologians of the Syriac Christian tradition and authors of Syriac literature, second only to Ephrem the Syrian and equal to Narsai. He lived most of his life as an ecclesiastical official in Suruç, in modern-day Turkey. He became a bishop near the end of his life in 519. He was a Miaphysite, albeit moderate compared to his contemporaries."
tagline: "Syriac writer and bishop"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ancient_syriac_manuscript_jacob_of_serugh.webp?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "451"
deathDate: "0521-11-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.9
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.13341066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%8A"
    title: "يعقوب السروجي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_de_Batnes"
    title: "Jacob de Batnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakub_ze_Sarugu"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_von_Sarug"
    title: "Jakob von Sarug"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_of_Serugh"
    title: "Jacob of Serugh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobo_de_Sarug"
    title: "Jacobo de Sarug"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_de_Saroug"
    title: "Jacques de Saroug"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%B8%D5%A2_%D5%8D%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A3%D5%A5%D6%81%D5%AB"
    title: "Հակոբ Սարուգեցի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo_di_Sarug"
    title: "Giacomo di Sarug"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_av_Sarug"
    title: "Jakob av Sarug"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakub_z_Sarug"
    title: "Jakub z Sarug"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jac%C3%B3_de_Batnas"
    title: "Jacó de Batnas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakov_od_Saruga"
    title: "Jakov od Saruga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakub_zo_Sarugu"
    title: "Jakub zo Sarugu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%88%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%B8%D0%B7_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0"
    title: "Јаков из Серуга"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_av_Sarug"
    title: "Jakob av Sarug"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakobo_wa_Sarug"
    title: "Yakobo wa Sarug"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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