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John, the Little, Saint, approximately 339-409

LC control no.n 2010028260
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Personal name headingJohn, the Little, Saint, approximately 339-409
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Variant(s)John Colobos, Saint, approximately 339-409
John, the Dwarf, Saint, approximately 339-409
John, the Little, Saint, ca. 339-409
John, the Theban, Saint, approximately 339-409
John Kolobos, Saint, approximately 339-409
John Kolovos, Saint, approximately 339-409
John, the Dwarf, Abba, approximately 339-409
John, the Short, Saint, approximately 339-409
Associated placeNatrun Valley (Egypt)
Birth date0339~
Death date0409
Place of birthThebes (Egypt : Extinct city)
Place of deathEgypt
Field of activityChristianity
Profession or occupationDesert Fathers Priests Abbots
Found inZacharias, of Sakha. The holy shop of virtue, c2010: ECIP t.p. (John the Little) galley, ch. 3 (ca. 339-409 CE)
WWW, 05/05/2010: Dictionary of African Christian Biography ((John Colobos (Saint); Coptic Church; Egyptian; John Colobos, the Little, or the Dwarf; also called the Theban)
Mulhy, Nico. In great numbers, c2016: t.p. verso (Abba John the Dwarf)
Wikipedia, viewed November 17, 2017: (Saint John the Dwarf; also Saint John Colobos, Saint John Kolobos or Abba John the Dwarf; Egyptian Desert Father; ordained a priest by Pope Theopholis; abbot of the monastery he founded in Scetis [now known as Wadi El Natrun]; born c. 339, Thebes; died c. 405, Mount Colzim near modern Suez)
Orthodox Church in America website, viewed November 20, 2017: (Venerable John the Short, of Egypt; Saint John the Dwarf; Abba John) page Venerable Arsenius the Great (Abba John the Dwarf)
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WWW, November 20, 2017 (Greek form of epithet variously represented as Colobos, Kolobos or Kolovos)
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