Iakobos 3 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | L VIII |
| Dates | 791 (taq) / 792 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 2628 |
| Religion | Christian |
| Locations | Olympus (Mt, Bithynia) |
| Occupation | Monk |
| Textual Sources | Vita Petri Atroensis, by Sabas the monk (BHG 2364), ed. V. Laurent, La Vie merveilleuse de Saint Pierre d'Atroa, Subsidia Hagiographica 29 (Brussels, 1956) (hagiography) |
Iakobos 3 was a monk whom Peter of Atroa (Petros 34), then aged eighteen and still living at Elaia in Asia, was told to visit in a dream by the Theotokos and whom Petros 34 accompanied to Mt Olympus in Bithynia: Vita Petr. Atr. 4, p. 75. The date was 791/792; cf. Laurent, La Vie merveilleuse, intro., p. 30.
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