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.
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