John of Dailam

Saint John of Daylam ( ܝ ܘ ܚ ܢ ܢ ܕ ܝ ܠ ܡ ܝ ܐ, Yohannan Daylamáyá; † January 26 738) was a Christian saint of the East Syrian Church and a monk who founded many monasteries in Mesopotamia and Persia.

Biography

The hagiographic work Syrian life of John of Daylam after John was in Ḥdattā, a village at the confluence of the Great Zab and the Tigris, born in the year 660. At a young age, he entered the monastery of Beth ʿ Abe. He was later captured by the Daylamites who were at war with the invading Arabs. Of these, he was deported to Daylam. John was able to free from captivity and wandered about in the subsequent period to preach the gospel Daylamites

The Syrian life describes the rescue of the daughter of an Umayyad caliph by John. As a reward, the monk asked an estate in Fars in southwestern Persia, which should be excluded from the Kharajsteuer to build a monastery there. The work also describes a visit to the John in Bakhdida, whose inhabitants he converted to Christianity and where he founded a monastery that still bears his name. This is, however, a later addition to the hagiography by a Monophysite author who probably wanted to override the " Nestorian " past of the city.

On his way to Fars John healed miraculously the Arab governor of Iraq, al - Hajjaj. After he had reached Behbahan, he converted a number of Zoroastrians, where he founded another monastery. He also founded a monastery near Kashkar, which was placed under the Syriac -speaking community in order to resolve a conflict between the Syrian and Persian-speaking monks in the region. In this monastery St. John of Daylam died on 26 January 738

• Monk ( Christian)
• Holy ( 8th century )
• Monastery founder
• Born in the 7th or 8th century
• Died 738
• Man