Aphrahat

Who they were

Aphrahat, 'the Persian Sage', heads the long list of Syriac writers whose works survive. Born of pagan parents in the second half of the third century, probably on the Persian frontier, he became a Christian, embraced the religious life and was later made a bishop, taking the name Jacob.

His writings were long confused with those of Jacob of Nisibis.

The miracles

There was never a formal cause.

Why that counted as sanctity

A convert who became a monk, bishop and the first great Syriac Christian writer.

Connected on this site

• Ephrem the Syrian Saint
  “He was a near contemporary to the slightly younger Ephrem the Syrian, but the latter lived within the sphere of the Roman Empire.” — Wikipedia
• Jacob of Nisibis Saint
  “His writings were long confused with those of Jacob of Nisibis.” — this site's research