John Cassian

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0360 – 0435

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Who was John Cassian?

Saint John Cassian, John the Ascetic, or John Cassian the Roman, was a Christian monk and theologian celebrated in both the Western and Eastern Churches for his mystical writings. Cassian is noted for bringing the ideas and practices of Egyptian monasticism to the early medieval West.

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Born
0360
Scythia Minor
Religion
  • Catholicism
Died
0435
Marseille

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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