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John was well-educated and came to adulthood in an intellectual environment. He became a monk on Mount Sinai at age 16 and a hermit in various places in the Arabian Desert. He became an abbot at Mount Sinai at age 75. Just before his death, he resigned his position to return to his solitary life. He was an ascetical writer whose works have for 15 centuries influenced those seeking the holy life.
Born
- between 505 and 579 in Syria
Died
- between 605 and 649 on Mount Sinai of natural causes
Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
Representation
- abbot carrying a ladder
- man having a vision of a ladder being scaled by monks
- monk on a ladder
Source: https://catholicsaints.info/saint-john-climacus/
