Venerable (Monastic) · 5th century
Venerable John Cassian the Roman
Also known as John Cassian · Cassian the Roman · Ioannes Kassianos
Born in Lesser Scythia, he embraced monastic life in Bethlehem and Egypt, learning from the desert fathers, then settled in Gaul where he founded monasteries at Marseilles. His Institutes and Conferences transmitted the wisdom of the Egyptian fathers to the West, including the teaching on the eight passions. He reposed about the year 435.
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Notes
Leap-day saint: commemorated Feb 29; in non-leap years his commemoration is transferred to Feb 28.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints