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John of Damascus or John Damascene, born Yūḥana ibn Manṣūr ibn Sarjūn, [a] was an Assyrian 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. [5]
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.
John of Damascus was a proponent for the use of icons during the rise of iconoclasm. Serving as a priest at Mar Saba near Jerusalem, John of Damascus lived under Muslim rule and was safe from persecution for his iconophile views. This could explain why the Parisian manuscript is so heavily illuminated, something not associated with texts that ...
4 December: Saint John Damascene, Priest and Doctor of the Church – optional memorial; 6 December: Saint Nicholas, Bishop – optional memorial; 7 December: Saint Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor of the Church – memorial; 8 December: The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary – solemnity
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4 December: Saint John Damascene, Priest and Doctor of the Church – Memorial; 5 December: Saint Sabbas, abbot – Memorial; 15 December: Saint David the King and All Ancestors of our Lord Jesus Christ – Memorial; Thursday after Trinity Sunday: The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ – Solemnity
John Damascene became a monk at Mar Sabbas monastery outside of Jerusalem and gave the icon to the monastic community there. Later the icon was given as a present to St. Sava when he visited the monastery, together with another icon of the Theotokos in the style of Nursing Madonna , and with the crosier of Sabbas the Sanctified , the founder of ...
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