John Cassian

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Christian monk Christian writer Church Father Late Antique author monastic founder theologian

John Cassian was a prominent early Christian monk and theologian whose writings helped transmit the spirituality and ascetic practices of the Egyptian Desert Fathers to Western monasticism.

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Label Occurrences
John Cassian canonical 10
Ioannes Cassianus 1
John Cassianus 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian monk ⓘ
Christian writer ⓘ
Church Father ⓘ
Late Antique author ⓘ
monastic founder ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
alsoKnownAs John Cassian ⓘ
surface form: Ioannes Cassianus

John Cassian ⓘ
surface form: John Cassianus
birthDate c. 360 ⓘ
birthPlace Scythia Minor ⓘ
region near modern-day Dobruja ⓘ
citizenship Roman Empire ⓘ
countryOfActivity Istanbul ⓘ
surface form: Constantinople

Gaul ⓘ
Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Roman Egypt
deathDate c. 435 ⓘ
deathPlace Marseille ⓘ
era Late Antiquity ⓘ
feastDay February 29 ⓘ
founded monasteries in Marseille ⓘ
influenced Saint Benedict of Nursia ⓘ
surface form: Benedict of Nursia

Rule of Saint Benedict ⓘ
Western monasticism ⓘ
medieval Western spirituality ⓘ
influencedBy Desert Fathers ⓘ
surface form: Egyptian Desert Fathers

Evagrius Ponticus ⓘ
John Chrysostom ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
mainInterest ascetic practice ⓘ
monastic discipline ⓘ
prayer ⓘ
spiritual theology ⓘ
vices and virtues ⓘ
movement Christian monasticism ⓘ
Desert spirituality ⓘ
asceticism ⓘ
notableWork Conferences ⓘ
Institutes ⓘ
On the Incarnation of the Lord Against Nestorius ⓘ
occupation abbot ⓘ
monk ⓘ
spiritual writer ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
religiousOrder monasticism ⓘ
residence Bethlehem ⓘ
Istanbul ⓘ
surface form: Constantinople

Egypt ⓘ
Marseille ⓘ
theologicalPosition semi-Pelagian tendencies ⓘ
veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

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Desert Fathers → notableMember → John Cassian ⓘ
Desert Fathers → legacyDocumentedBy → John Cassian ⓘ
Evagrius Ponticus → influenced → John Cassian ⓘ
John Cassian → alsoKnownAs → John Cassian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ioannes Cassianus
John Cassian → alsoKnownAs → John Cassian ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Cassianus
Caesarius of Arles → influencedBy → John Cassian ⓘ
John Scholasticus of Sinai → influencedBy → John Cassian ⓘ
Odo of Cluny → influencedBy → John Cassian ⓘ
Lausiac History → usedAsSourceBy → John Cassian ⓘ
Conferences → author → John Cassian ⓘ
On the Incarnation of the Lord Against Nestorius → author → John Cassian ⓘ
Pope Celestine I → correspondedWith → John Cassian ⓘ