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Icons of St. John Cassian the
Roman, Abbot and Church Writer
Feast: Feb.
28
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Russian Icon of about the year 1800.
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Icon: by the hand of Alexander Stolyarov, inscription in German ("Der
Hl. Kassian der Römer"--"The Holy Cassian the Roman")
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Greek Icon of unknown authorship.
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with Romanian inscription.
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from the monastery of St. Anthony the Great in France.
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from the Greek Old Calendarist Hermitage at Clara, France:
The provenance of the icon
of St. John Cassian below is unknown; viewer assistance is
requested.
Icon of unknown provenance
Icon believed to be from the official website of the Orthodox Church in
America, www.oca.org.
Iconic illumination of
St. John Cassian, from a Western manuscript
above: iconographic
drawing of St. John Cassian
above: iconic drawing of
St. Cassian, source may be Orthodox America
the inscription reads, "Flee women and
bishops."
above: the head of St.
John Cassian, abbey of St. Victor at Marseilles
above: the ancient,
original sarcophagus of St. John Cassian,
at the abbey of St. Victor, Marseilles
Exterior of the abbey of
St. Victor, Marseilles
Crypt of the abbey of St.
Victor, Marseilles
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