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James of Cyrrhestica

4th-century Syrian monk

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 15, 2025
Entity authorityQ130260131 ↗
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James of Cyrrhestica was a 4th-century monk who lived in the Cyrrhestica region of Syria, as attested by Theodoret of Cyrus in his “Religious History”.

Life

James of Cyrrhestica was a follower of Maron who practiced the same open air ascetic system the Maronites would come to be known for. James distinguished himself by wearing iron chains on his body as remedy for his sins.

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This entry incorporates text from “James of Cyrrhestica” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.