Catholicos Jacob I the Learned was the
Catholicos
Catholicos, plural Catholicoi, is a title used for the head of certain churches in some Eastern Christian traditions. The title implies autocephaly and in some cases it is the title of the head of an autonomous church. The word comes from ancien ...
of the
Armenian Apostolic Church
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between 1268 and 1286.
The pontifical throne was vacant for a few months after the death of Constantine I until it was filled by Jacob I from the region of
Tarsus or
Sis. He took up residence at the Catholicos's palace of
Hromkla. He had been the author of many works and of hymns as well. Shortly after his election he transcribed the general epistle of
Nerses IV the Graceful Nerses ( xcl, Ներսէս) is an Armenian variant of Narses. With the addition of -ian and -yan, it becomes an Armenian family name like Nersesian and Nersisyan.
Nerses may refer to:
Catholicoi of the Armenian Apostolic Church
* Saint Nerses I ...
and sent copies of it to places throughout his jurisdiction.
In 1270 King
Hetoum I abdicated and Catholicos Jacob crowned his son
Leo II of Armenia Leo II of Armenia may refer to:
* Leo II, Prince of Armenia
* Leo II, King of Armenia
Leo II or Leon II (occasionally numbered Leo III; , ''Levon II''; c. 1236 – 1289) was king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, ruling from 1269''Cambridg ...
. Catholicos Jacob died in 1286 during a difficult period as a plague had recently broken out and a famine ensued. He was succeeded on
Good Friday
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that year by Constantine II.
Catholicoi of Cilicia
Armenian Oriental Orthodox Christians
1286 deaths
Year of birth unknown
13th-century Oriental Orthodox archbishops
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