Saint John the Syrian of Pinna

Also known as

• John of Pinna
• John of Panaca
• John of Parran
• John the Syrian

Memorial

• 19 March

Profile

Hermit in Syria. Fled to Pinna, Italy to escape Monophysite persecution. He arrived in the dead of winter; some hunters witnessed him sit beside a bare, leafless pear tree which burst full bloom due to the holy man’s proximity. Founded abbeys in Pinna and Pesaro, Italy, and served as Abbot at Pinna for 44 years.

Born

• 6th century Syrian

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Died

• 6th century in Parran Abbey in Spoleto, Italy of natural causes

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Dominican Adaptations from the Catalogus Hagiographicus OP
• Katherine Rabenstein
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Santi i Beati

MLA Citation

• “Saint John the Syrian of Pinna“. Saints.SQPN.com. 18 March 2013. Web. 20 June 2013. <>