Birth
525-579
Period of Activity
He was a monk at the monastery of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai↗ . His main literary work is Scala Paradisi. In Ethiopian tradition he is known from quotations in Collectio Monastica and Maṣḥafa ḥāwi.
Death
595-680
Author of
- Ladder of Paradise attributed.
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Names
- John Climacus en
- ዮሐንስ፡ በዐለ፡ መዓርግ፡ gez
- Ἰωάννης τῆς Κλίμακος grc
Dates
Birth: 525–579
Death: 595–680
Occupation
writer
Faith
Greek
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Marcin Krawczuk, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻJohn Climacusʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 5.7.2020) https://betamasaheft.eu/persons/PRS5721JohnCli [Accessed: 2024-05-02+02:00]
Revisions of the data
- Marcin Krawczuk Marcin Krawczuk: Added biographical info. on 5.7.2020
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: batch updated according to requirements and issues. on 28.4.2016
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: Created file from google spreadsheet on 21.3.2016
- Eugenia Sokolinski Eugenia Sokolinski: CREATED: person on 9.2.2016
Attributions of the contents
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