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|SaintName=Saint James Intercisus | |SaintName=Saint James Intercisus | ||
|SaintStage=Saint | |SaintStage=Saint | ||
| | |FeastDay=November 27 | ||
|SaintBirthPlace=Beth Huzaye, Persia (now Iraq) | |SaintBirthPlace=Beth Huzaye, Persia (now Iraq) | ||
|SaintBirthCoordinates=32.0000, 45.0000 | |SaintBirthCoordinates=32.0000, 45.0000 | ||
|DeathPlace=Beth Lapat, Persia (now Ahvaz, Iran) | |DeathPlace=Beth Lapat, Persia (now Ahvaz, Iran) | ||
|SaintDeathCoordinates=31.3167, 48.6833 | |SaintDeathCoordinates=31.3167, 48.6833 | ||
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|NotableLabel4=Site of relic gifting | |NotableLabel4=Site of relic gifting | ||
|NotableCoordinates4=36.2667, 43.3833 | |NotableCoordinates4=36.2667, 43.3833 | ||
| | |AssociatedCountries=Iran; Iraq; Israel; Romania | ||
| | |AssociatedDioceses=[[Diocese of Amadiyah]] | ||
|Canonized=Yes | |Canonized=Yes | ||
|Canonizer=Early Church | |Canonizer=Early Church | ||
|Profession=Courtier; soldier | |Profession=Courtier; soldier | ||
|Patronage=Against torture; repentant sinners | |Patronage=Against torture; repentant sinners | ||
|Attributes=Sword; dismembered limbs; crown | |Attributes=Sword; dismembered limbs; crown | ||
|PrimaryShrine=Church of St. James Intercisus, Jerusalem, Israel | |PrimaryShrine=Church of St. James Intercisus, Jerusalem, Israel | ||
|AdditionalVeneration=Eastern Orthodox Church; Syriac Catholic Church | |AdditionalVeneration=Eastern Orthodox Church; Syriac Catholic Church | ||
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'''Saint James Intercisus''' (Syriac: ''Mar Yaqob M'Pasqo Sahada'', Latin: ''Jacobus Intercisus''; died November 27, 420 AD), also known as '''Saint James the Sawn''' or '''James the Cut-Up''', was a 5th-century Persian Christian martyr under the Sassanid Empire, renowned for his public repentance and gruesome execution after initial apostasy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=James Intercisus |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Intercisus |website=Wikipedia |access-date=2025-11-14}}</ref> According to Syriac hagiographic accounts and the ''Synaxarion of the Jacobite Church'', James, a courtier and soldier in Beth Huzaye (modern Iraq), was a favorite of King Yazdegerd I (r. 399–420) but apostatized during his persecution of Christians to preserve position.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St. James Intercisus |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=679 |website=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-14}}</ref> Upon Yazdegerd's death and Bahram V's renewed anti-Christian edicts (421 AD), James repented publicly before a tribunal in Beth Lapat (Gondishapur, Iran), leading to his torture: limbs severed piece by piece (hence "Intercisus," meaning "cut asunder"), followed by beheading. | '''Saint James Intercisus''' (Syriac: ''Mar Yaqob M'Pasqo Sahada'', Latin: ''Jacobus Intercisus''; died November 27, 420 AD), also known as '''Saint James the Sawn''' or '''James the Cut-Up''', was a 5th-century Persian Christian martyr under the Sassanid Empire, renowned for his public repentance and gruesome execution after initial apostasy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=James Intercisus |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Intercisus |website=Wikipedia |access-date=2025-11-14}}</ref> According to Syriac hagiographic accounts and the ''Synaxarion of the Jacobite Church'', James, a courtier and soldier in Beth Huzaye (modern Iraq), was a favorite of King Yazdegerd I (r. 399–420) but apostatized during his persecution of Christians to preserve position.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St. James Intercisus |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=679 |website=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-14}}</ref> Upon Yazdegerd's death and Bahram V's renewed anti-Christian edicts (421 AD), James repented publicly before a tribunal in Beth Lapat (Gondishapur, Iran), leading to his torture: limbs severed piece by piece (hence "Intercisus," meaning "cut asunder"), followed by beheading. | ||