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John of Damascus or John Damascene, born Yūḥana ibn Manṣūr ibn Sarjūn, [a] was an Arab Christian monk, priest, hymnographer, and apologist.He was born and raised in Damascus c. AD 675 or AD 676; the precise date and place of his death is not known, though tradition places it at his monastery, Mar Saba, near Jerusalem, on 4 December AD 749.
John of Damascus or John Damascene, born Yūḥana ibn Manṣūr ibn Sarjūn, was an Arab Christian monk, priest, hymnographer, and apologist. He was born and raised in Damascus c. AD 675 or AD 676; the precise date and place of his death is not known, though tradition places it at his monastery, Mar Saba , near Jerusalem , on 4 December AD 749.
22 October: Saint John Paul II, Pope – optional memorial c; 23 October: Saint John of Capistrano, Priest – optional memorial; 24 October: Saint Anthony Mary Claret, Bishop – optional memorial; 28 October: Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles – feast ^a On 18 May 2020, Pope Francis inscribed Saint Faustina Kowalska, Virgin, in the General ...
Saint John of Damascus (John Damascene), monk of St. Sabbas Monastery (749) [4] [13] Pre-Schism Western saints. Saint Felix of Bologna, a Deacon of the Church of ...
14 February: Saints Cyril, Monk and Methodius – Feast; 10 March: Saint John Ogilvie – Feast; 17 March: Saint Patrick – Feast; 29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena – Feast; 9 June: Saint Columba – Memorial; 11 July: Saint Benedict – Feast; 23 July: Saint Birgitta – Feast; 9 August: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein ...
The Conversion of Saint Paul, Luca Giordano, 1690, Museum of Fine Arts of Nancy The Conversion of Saint Paul, Caravaggio, 1600. The conversion of Paul the Apostle (also the Pauline conversion, Damascene conversion, Damascus Christophany and Paul's "road to Damascus" event) was, according to the New Testament, an event in the life of Saul/Paul the Apostle that led him to cease persecuting early ...
Saint John or St. John usually refers to either John the Baptist or ... (676–749), Syrian monk and priest, also known as John Damascene; John of Beverley (died 721 ...
This article lists the feast days of the General Roman Calendar as they were at the end of 1954. It is essentially the same calendar established by Pope Pius X (1903–1914) following his liturgical reforms, but it also incorporates changes that were made by Pope Pius XI (1922–1939), such as the institution of the Feast of Christ the King (assigned to the last Sunday in October), and the ...