John of Damascus

John of Damascus (Latin: Iohannes Damascenus or Johannes Damascenus also known as John Damascene, Chrysorrhoas, "streaming with gold"—i.e., "the golden speaker") (c.676 – December 5, 749) was a Melkite monk and presbyter. He was born and raised in Damascus but died (in all probability) at the monastery of Mar Saba, southeast of Jerusalem.

External links

• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
• Catholic Online Saints
• Details of his work
• Excerpt from John Damascene
• A Philosophical Explanation of Hypostatical Union in John Damascene's Fount of Knowledge
• The Concept of Unbounded and Evil Matter in Plotinus and John Damascenus