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Andrew of Crete
c. 660 – c. 740 · b. Damascus · Bishop of Gortyn (Crete)
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Quick facts
- Born
- c. 660, Damascus
- Died
- c. 740, Lesbos
- See
- Gortyn (Crete)
- Region
- east
- Era
- post nicene
- Significance
- Notable(2/4)
Highlights
- Main contribution
- Archbishop of Crete and major Byzantine hymnographer.
- Primary source
- Andrew of Crete, Magnus Canon
Archbishop of Crete and major Byzantine hymnographer. Author of the Great Canon, a penitential canon still used in Orthodox Lenten liturgy. Preached extensively in defense of icons.
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Sources for biography
- Andrew of Crete, Magnus Canon primary
- Andrew of Crete, Homiliae primary
tradition connections(1)
- knew of John of DamascusAndrew and John are roughly contemporary Damascene-trained hymnographers; later tradition links them but no direct contact is documented.Synaxarion Constantinopolitanum
External resources
📖WikipediaFull encyclopedic biography with footnotes and further reading.🔗WikidataStructured data hub linking to library catalogues, archives, and academic sources worldwide.🏛️WikisourcePublic-domain primary texts and translations (search).⛪Catholic Encyclopedia1913 reference — long entries, useful for less-known figures (search for Andrew of Crete).