John Climacus
Also: John of the Ladder, John Scholasticus, John of Sinai
Born perhaps between 525 and 580; the place is not known. Died perhaps between 600 and 680, probably in Mount Sinai, the Monastery of the Bush (now Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, Egypt).
A monk and abbot of the monastery on Mount Sinai. His book The Ladder of Divine Ascent describes thirty steps of the monastic life.
Wrote in Greek. A major author.
Places lived
- 600 to 650Mount Sinai, the Monastery of the Bush (now Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, Egypt)monk, hermit, then abbotyears not sureThe place is sure and the years are not. The years here follow the traditional dates. He came at sixteen and stayed for life; forty years were in a cell at Tholas near by.
Works
1 work, in the order they were written. 0 works can be read here.
- The Ladder of Divine AscentThirty steps of the monastic life, from leaving the world to love.not yet on the site
How we know the dates and places
- Born not sure
- The Life by Daniel of Raithu gives no years. See Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 3rd ed. rev. (2005), 'John Climacus'.
- Place of birth not known
- No ancient source names a place.
- Died not sure
- The traditional dates are about 579 to 649; scholars range from about 525 to 606 to about 680
- Place of death probable
- Daniel of Raithu, Life of John Climacus
- Mount Sinai, the Monastery of the Bush, years not sure
- Daniel of Raithu, Life of John Climacus
- Mount Sinai, the Monastery of the Bush, place sure
- Daniel of Raithu, Life of John Climacus