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Iakob Tsurtaveli

Jacob of Tsurtavi also known as Jacob the Priest (????? ??????, Iakob Khutsesi) was the 5th-century Georgian

Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
religious writer and priest from Tsurtavi, then the major town of Gogarene and the Lower Iberia

Caucasian Iberia

Iberia , also known as Iveria , was a name given by the ancient Ancient Greece and Roman Empire to the ancient Georgia kingdom of Kartli corresponding roughly to the eastern and southern parts of the present day Georgia....
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A personal priest of Saint Shushanik

Shushanik

Saint Shushanik was a Christian woman who was murdered by her husband Varsken in the town of Tsurtavi, Georgia . Since she died defending her right to profess Christianity, she is regarded as a martyr....
and an eyewitness of her martyrdom at the hand of her spouse, bidaxae Varsken, Jacob compiled her life in his hagiographic

Hagiography

Hagiography is the study of saints. A hagiography, from Greek ' and ' , refers literally to writings on the subject of such holy people, and specifically the biography of ecclesiastical and secular leaders....
novel the Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik

Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik

The Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik is the first extant piece of Georgia literature. Purported to have been written between 476 and 483, the earliest surviving manuscript dates from the 10th century....
, the oldest surviving work of the Georgian literature written between 476 and 483.

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Jacob of Tsurtavi also known as Jacob the Priest (????? ??????, Iakob Khutsesi) was the 5th-century Georgian

Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
religious writer and priest from Tsurtavi, then the major town of Gogarene and the Lower Iberia

Caucasian Iberia

Iberia , also known as Iveria , was a name given by the ancient Ancient Greece and Roman Empire to the ancient Georgia kingdom of Kartli corresponding roughly to the eastern and southern parts of the present day Georgia....
.

A personal priest of Saint Shushanik

Shushanik

Saint Shushanik was a Christian woman who was murdered by her husband Varsken in the town of Tsurtavi, Georgia . Since she died defending her right to profess Christianity, she is regarded as a martyr....
and an eyewitness of her martyrdom at the hand of her spouse, bidaxae Varsken, Jacob compiled her life in his hagiographic

Hagiography

Hagiography is the study of saints. A hagiography, from Greek ' and ' , refers literally to writings on the subject of such holy people, and specifically the biography of ecclesiastical and secular leaders....
novel the Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik

Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik

The Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik is the first extant piece of Georgia literature. Purported to have been written between 476 and 483, the earliest surviving manuscript dates from the 10th century....
, the oldest surviving work of the Georgian literature written between 476 and 483. Except for scarce information obtained from his work, nothing more is known about Jacob’s life.

See also

List of Georgian writers
List of Georgian writers

An alphabetic list of prose writers and poets from the nation of Georgia ....