John

Saint John of Myra is remembered as bishop of the city of Myra in Lycia, in the fourth century, in present-⁠day Turkey. According to a French account, he founded the monastery of Holy Sion near Patara and was the uncle of Saint Nicholas. He is said to have urged his nephew toward the priesthood and ordained him, and when he grew old he asked him for help in his pastoral care. Near the end of his life he went on pilgrimage to the Holy Land and returned worn and ill. He died soon after and was buried, it seems, in the monastery of Holy Sion. After the funeral the bishops of the region gathered and chose his nephew Nicholas as his successor.

The source says he is venerated as a saint in the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. The account, however, is not supported by other sources, and the link with the monastery of Sion is close to the tradition of another Nicholas, of Sion, so it should be taken with caution.