Venerable-Martyr Jacob of Hamatoura

Also known as Yaʿqub al-Hamatouri · James of Hamatoura · يعقوب الحماطوري

Abbot of the monastery of the Mother of God at Hamatoura in northern Lebanon who, after being forced to convert to Islam and then returning to Christianity, was executed by Ottoman authorities in 1516.

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Born c. 1488 near Tripoli (Lebanon); reposed 1516. The first saint formally glorified by the modern Patriarchate of Antioch (1995).

Sources: OrthodoxWiki; Patriarchate of Antioch glorification (1995)