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Venerable Martyr

John the Sinaite

Venerable martyr of Mount Sinai

A monk of Mount Sinai who died a martyr in 1091; commemorated on 12 February in the Orthodox Synaxarion.

Feast
February 12old style February 25
Reposed
109111th century
Place
Mount Sinai
Order
Martyrs

Life

John the Sinaite was a monk of Mount Sinai who died as a martyr in the year 1091. He is counted a venerable martyr and is commemorated on 12 February in the Greek Orthodox Synaxarion. The Synaxarion has no other details of his life and death.

Commemorated the same day February 12