John of Damascus

American  

noun

1. Saint, a.d. c675–749, priest, theologian, and scholar of the Eastern Church, born in Damascus.

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John of Damascus British  

noun

1. Saint. ?675–749 _ad , Syrian theologian, who defended the veneration of icons and images against the iconoclasts. Feast day: Dec 4

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Example Sentences

A few streets away, the St John of Damascus school that took a direct hit had already resumed its normal rhythms.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2013

It’s countered by manuscripts bearing arguments from two powerful defenders of icons, St. John of Damascus and Theodore Abu Qurrah.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2012

John of Damascus, called also St. John of Jerusalem, a theologian and poet, was the last but one of the Christian Fathers of the Greek Church.

From The Story of the Hymns and Tunes by Brown, Theron

In the West the period may be held to have terminated with Isidore of Seville of the seventh century, and in the East with John of Damascus of the eighth.

From The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time by Walsh, James J.

Neither the remonstrances of John of Damascus, the last of the Greek Fathers, nor of the Roman bishop, made an impression on Leo.

From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park