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John Cassian
c. 360 – c. 435 · Scythia Minor
Also known as Joannes Cassianus
Feast: 23 July (Catholic) · 29 February (Orthodox)
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Highlights
- Main contribution
- Brought Egyptian monastic spirituality to the Latin West.
- Event connection
- Second Council of Orange (529)
- Best first read
- Conferences
- Primary source
- Cassian, Collationes
Brought Egyptian monastic spirituality to the Latin West. Author of the Institutes and Conferences; founded monasteries at Marseilles.
Notable works
- ·Conferences · 425
- ·Institutes · 425
Primary sources
- ·Cassian, Collationes
- ·Cassian, De Institutis Coenobiorum
- ·Gennadius, De Viris Illustribus 62
Daily reading
Book of the day
On the Incarnation
Athanasius of AlexandriaA reading pick tied to today's figure, quote, era, or event. Short, readable, and central: why God became man, written from inside the Nicene fight.
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