John Cassian

aliases

John the Ascetic, Ioannes Eremita Cassianus, Ioannes Massiliensis

John Cassian (c.360 - c.435) was a Christian monk and theologian celebrated in both the Western and Eastern churches for his mystical writings. Cassian is noted for his role in bringing the ideas and practices of Christian monasticism to the early medieval West.

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