John of Damascus

Monastic · Doctor · 675–749 · Syria, Palestine

Life events

  1. Educated — 690

    Educated by a Sicilian monk named Cosmas; received Christian theological and classical Greek education while family held senior position in Umayyad fiscal administration.

  2. Tonsured — 725

    Resigned his civil post in Damascus and entered monastery of Mar Saba in Judean desert; ordained priest by Patriarch of Jerusalem.

  3. Wrote — 726

    Wrote Three Treatises Against the Iconoclasts — defending icon veneration when Byzantine bishops could not.

  4. Died — 749

    Died at Mar Saba monastery; vindicated posthumously at Seventh Ecumenical Council (Nicaea II, 787).

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Relationships

Relationships (3)
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