James Intercisus
Life and witness
In Persia, of St. James, snrnamed Intercisus, a renowned martyr, who in the time of Theodosius the younger, having denied Christ to please Isdegerdes, king of Persia, for which cause his mother and his wife had withdrawn themselves from his company, but by the goodness of God returning to himself, he went unto the king and confessed again his faith the; king therewith extremely offended, commanded him to be cut in pieces, and beheaded.
Biographical overview
James Intercisus (Latin: Jacobus Intercisus; born in Beth Huzaye, died 27 November 420 AD in Beth Lapat), commonly known as Mor Yaqoub M’Pasqo Sahada (Syriac: ܡܪ ܝܥܩܘܒ ܡܦܣܩܐ ܣܗܕܐ, romanized: Mor Yaqōb M'pasqō Saḥāda), also called James the Mutilated, James the Persian or Jacob the Persian (also known in Cyprus as Akouphos), was a Christian saint born in Beth Huzaye in the city of Beth Lapat. His Latin epithet, Intercisus (or Pasqo in Syriac), is derived from the word for "cut into pieces," which refers to the manner of his martyrdom. His death, along with the persecution of other Christians in the Sasanid Empire, started the Roman-Sassanid War (421-422).