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Venerable (Monastic) · 6th century

James the Faster of Phoenicia

Also known as James the Ascetic · Jacob the Faster

A Syrian ascetic who lived enclosed in a cave for many years and received the gift of working wonders, but who, after a grievous fall, did profound penance and was restored.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints