John Cassian
360
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435
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
languages spoken, written or signed: Latin
occupation: Christian monk, writer, theologian
position held: abbot
student of: Evagrius Ponticus
John Cassian, also known as John the Ascetic and John Cassian the Roman (Latin: Ioannes Eremita Cassianus, Ioannus Cassianus, or Ioannes Massiliensis; Greek: Ίωάννης Κασσιανός ό Ερημίτης; c. AD 360 – c. 435), was a Christian monk and theologian celebrated in both the Western and Eastern churches for his mystical writings. Cassian is noted for his role in bringing the ideas and practices of early Christian monasticism to the medieval West. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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