John of Damascus, Syrian Monk and Theologian(c. 675/676-749)

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Just the Facts:

• Name: John of Damascus
• Known as: Saint John Damascene
• Birth: Unknown Date, 676, Damascus, Syria
• Death: December 4, 749, Mar Saba Monastery, West Bank
• Languages: Arabic (?), Aramaic (?), Greek (?)
• Who he was: Syrian monk and theologian who wrote On Holy Images; Three Sermons on the Assumption

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