St. John the Syrian of Pinna
Also known as John of Pinna or John of Panaca
Feast day: March 19
Death: 6th century
A Syrian hermit and founder who settled in Pinna, Italy. He was recognized as a holy man immediately. According to one legend, hunters saw him sitting under a tree in the dead of winter, but the tree was in full bloom. He also founded an abbey at Pinna and another at Pesaro.
According to the Roman Martyrology, John was a Syrian monk may have been driven from his homeland by the Monophysite persecution. For 44 years he was abbot of a large monastic colony
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