Venerable John Cassian the Roman.
St. John Cassian the Roman was a monk of the late fourth and early fifth centuries. In his youth he journeyed with his friend Germanos to the monasteries of Palestine and to the great elders of the Egyptian desert, gathering their wisdom, and later he settled in Gaul, near Marseilles, where he founded monasteries for men and for women.
His writings, the Institutes and the Conferences, carried the teaching of the desert fathers to the Christian West and remain classics of the spiritual life. His memory is kept on February 29, and in ordinary years on February 28.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, John Cassian the Roman is commemorated on February 29. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on March 13 of the civil calendar.
Who celebrates a name day
People with these names keep their name day on this feast:
Also commemorated on February 29
Theoktiristos of Pelekete
Hierarch, Θεοκτήριστος
Hieromartyr Theoktiristos, Abbot of the Pelekete Monastery, who suffered under the iconoclasts.
Leo of Cappadocia
Venerable, Λέων ο Καππαδόκης
Venerable Leo of Cappadocia, who gave himself as a ransom for captive monks.
Germanos of Dobrogea
Venerable, Γερμανός ο εκ Δοβρογείας
Venerable Germanos of Dacia Pontica, companion of St. John Cassian.
Icon: public domain image from Wikimedia Commons.
The calendar, on your phone each morning
Today’s saints, whether it is a fast day, and the people in your contacts who have a name day. Free, with no ads.
