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Andrew of Crete

c. 660 – c. 740 · b. Damascus · Bishop of Gortyn (Crete)
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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 Damascus
    Andrew and John are roughly contemporary Damascene-trained hymnographers; later tradition links them but no direct contact is documented.
    Synaxarion Constantinopolitanum

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