John of Damascus

John of Damascus

John of Damascus (Arabic: يوحنا الدمشقي, romanized: Yūḥana ad-Dimashqī; Greek: Ἰωάννης ὁ Δαμασκηνός, romanized: Ioánnēs ho Damaskēnós, IPA: [ioˈanis o ðamasciˈnos]; Latin: Ioannes Damascenus; born Yūḥana ibn Manṣūr ibn Sarjūn, يوحنا إبن منصور إبن سرجون) or John Damascene was an Arab Christian monk, priest, hymnographer, and apologist. Born and raised in Damascus c. 675 or 676; the precise date and place of his death is not known, though tradition places it at his monastery, Mar Saba, near Jerusalem on 4 December 749. A polymath whose fields of interest and contribution included law, theology, philosophy, and music, he was given the by-name of Chrysorroas (Χρυσορρόας, literally "streaming with gold", i.e. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John of Damascus has received more than 929,657 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia. John of Damascus is the 90th most popular philosopher (up from 91st in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Syria and the most popular Syrian Philosopher.

John of Damascus was a Christian monk who lived in the 8th century. He is most famous for his work, "On the Orthodox Faith."