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Righteous Job the Long-Suffering

Also known as Job · Job the Patriarch

The blameless man of the land of Uz who, stripped of his wealth, children, and health, refused to curse God and held fast in patience through his trials, becoming for all ages the very image of long-suffering faith.

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Notes

Region 'land of Uz' approximated; mapped to Mesopotamia.

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