Blessed Jakov Varingez (1400 – 27 April 1496) was a Croatian Roman Catholic professed religious of the Order of Friars Minor. He later assumed the name of "Giacomo of Bitetto" after his profession into that order. He was beatified on 29 December 1700 after Pope Clement XI confirmed his cultus and was proclaimed to be Venerable on 19 December 2009 after Pope Benedict XVI recognized his life of heroic virtue.