John of Damascus

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:priest
gptkb:saint
songwriter
theologian
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Mar_Saba_Monastery
gptkbp:birthDate c. 675
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Damascus
gptkbp:canonizedBy gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church
Catholic Church
gptkbp:commemoratedBy December 4
gptkbp:deathDate c. 749
gptkbp:deathPlace Mar Saba, near Jerusalem
gptkbp:education Classical education in Damascus
gptkbp:era Byzantine era
gptkbp:father gptkb:Sergius_of_Damascus
gptkbp:feastDay December 4
gptkbp:honorificPrefix gptkb:saint
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label John of Damascus
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Thomas_Aquinas
gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_theology
Byzantine hymnography
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:John_Chrysostom
gptkb:Basil_of_Caesarea
gptkb:Gregory_of_Nazianzus
gptkbp:knownFor systematic theology
defense of icons
gptkbp:language gptkb:Greek
gptkbp:legacy Doctor of the Church
major figure in Eastern Christian theology
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Exposition_of_the_Orthodox_Faith
gptkb:Fount_of_Knowledge
gptkb:Hymns_for_the_Octoechos
gptkb:Three_Apologies_against_those_who_attack_the_Holy_Images
gptkbp:patronage pharmacists
theologians
icon painters
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Mar_Saba_Monastery
gptkbp:subjectOf iconoclasm controversy
gptkbp:teacherOf gptkb:Cosmas_the_Monk
gptkbp:title Doctor of the Church
gptkbp:veneratedIn gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church
gptkb:Oriental_Orthodox_Churches
Catholic Church
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:theology
heresies
icon veneration
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Alexandria
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4