John the Dwarf
Also: John Kolobos, John Colobus, John the Short
Born perhaps in 339; the place is not known. Died perhaps between 405 and 409, probably in Clysma (now Suez, Egypt).
Monk of Scetis, the disciple of Ammoes and a teacher of Arsenius.
Wrote in Coptic.
Places lived
- 357 to 407Scetis (now Wadi El Natrun, Egypt)monkyears not sure, place probable
- 407 to 409Clysma (now Suez, Egypt)monkyears not sure, place probable
Works
1 work, in the order they were written. 1 work can be read here.
Filed here, not written by John the Dwarf
These texts are about this person, hold what this person said, or carry this name without good reason. Each page says which.
- Sayings of John the Dwarf about or from this personSayings and short stories of John the Dwarf, taken from the Sayings of the Desert Fathers.757 words
How we know the dates and places
- Born not sure
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Dwarf
- Place of birth not known
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Dwarf says Thebes; the Coptic Life by Zacharias of Sakha says Tese, near Oxyrhynchus
The sources do not agree. - Died not sure
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Dwarf ; Coptic Encyclopedia, "John Colobos"
- Place of death probable
- Coptic Life by Zacharias of Sakha: he fled to the mountain of Clysma (Mount Colzim, near Suez); site: Pleiades https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727101
- Scetis, years not sure
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Dwarf : went to Scetis aged 18; left at the raid. The page dates the raid to 395; this file uses 407, the first raid on Scetis, as it does for Poemen and Moses
- Scetis, place probable
- Apophthegmata Patrum, alphabetical collection (English: B. Ward, Sayings of the Desert Fathers, 1975), John the Dwarf; site: Pleiades https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727232
- Clysma, years not sure
- Coptic Life by Zacharias of Sakha
- Clysma, place probable
- Coptic Life by Zacharias of Sakha; site: Pleiades https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727101