Jacobus Diaconus 5th century A.D.
- Textgroups:
- stoa0159b
- CITE id:
- urn:cite:perseus:author.780
- Stoa id:
- stoa0159b
- Alt id:
- 6605
- Name:
- Jacobus Diaconus 5th century A.D.
- Alt names:
- Jacobo Diacono
- Field of activity:
- Hagiographer
- Notes:
- Smith's Dictionary, Volume 2, pg. 546: " It is doubtful of what church
Jacobus was deacon. Baronius contends for Heliopolis in Coele-Syria, but Pagi and
Assemani think he belonged rather to Edessa. He appears to have lived about the
middle of the 5th century, and is known only as the author of VitaS. Pelagiae
Meretricis Antiochiae, " The Life of Saint Pelagia, the Harlot of Antioch," written
in Greek, of which a Latin version, by one Eustachius, is given by Surius, in his De
Probatis Sanctorum Vitis...:
http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/1654.html - Author info:
- Smith
- URN:
- urn:cts:latinLit:stoa0159b.stoa001 Click here for Work record