Born
676
Died
749
Nationality
Syrian
Events involving St. John Damascene (3)
676
ID: 4919
Birth of St. John Damascene in Damascus - future Doctor of the Church and defender of holy images
ID: 4919
730
ID: 4920
St. John Damascene writes defense of holy images against iconoclasm - enters monastery at Mar Saba
ID: 4920
749
ID: 4921
December 4, 749
Death of St. John Damascene - Doctor of the Church, wrote 'Fountain of Knowledge' and hymns still used in Eastern liturgy
ID: 4921