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.

Aliases (2)

Ioannes Cassianus ×1
John Cassianus ×1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian monk → Christian writer → Church Father → Late Antique author → monastic founder → theologian →
alsoKnownAs	Ioannes Cassianus → John Cassianus →
birthDate	c. 360 →
birthPlace	Scythia Minor → region near modern-day Dobruja →
citizenship	Roman Empire →
countryOfActivity	Constantinople → Gaul → Roman Egypt →
deathDate	c. 435 →
deathPlace	Marseille →
era	Late Antiquity →
feastDay	February 29 →
founded	monasteries in Marseille →
influenced	Benedict of Nursia → Rule of Saint Benedict → Western monasticism → medieval Western spirituality →
influencedBy	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 → Constantinople → Egypt → Marseille →
theologicalPosition	semi-Pelagian tendencies →
veneratedIn	Eastern Orthodox Church → Roman Catholic Church →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
John Cassian ("Ioannes Cassianus") → John Cassian ("John Cassianus") →	alsoKnownAs
Evagrius Ponticus →	influenced
Desert Fathers →	legacyDocumentedBy
Desert Fathers →	notableMember