John Climacus


John Climacus
Thirteenth century icon of St. John Climacus; to either side are Saint George and Saint Blaise (Novgorod School)
Bornc. 579
Syria
DiedMarch 649 (aged 69–70)
Mount Sinai
Venerated inCatholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Feast30 March, Fourth Sunday of Great Lent
AttributesClothed as a monk, sometimes with an Abbot's paterissa (crozier), sometimes holding a copy of his Ladder

John Climacus (Greek: Ἰωάννης τῆς Κλίμακος; Latin: Ioannes Climacus; Arabic: يوحنا السلمي, romanizedYuḥana al-Sêlmi), also known as John of the Ladder, John Scholasticus and John Sinaites, was a 6th–7th-century Christian monk at the monastery on Mount Sinai.[1] He is revered as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church.

  1. ^ Zecher, Jonathan L. (2013), "The Angelic Life in Desert and Ladder: John Climacus's Re-Formulation of Ascetic Spirituality", Journal of Early Christian Studies, 21 (1): 111–136, doi:10.1353/earl.2013.0006, ISSN 1086-3184, S2CID 170616546