John the Camel-Driver
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John the Camel-Driver; JEAN L'ÉVÊQUE CHAMELIER
identifier: http://syriaca.org/person/1312
identifier: 245
In hagiography: John the Camel-Driver was commemorated in Thomas of Marga's Book of Governors. In this account, Maran Zha, bishop of Ḥadita on the Tigris, heard a camel driver singing Syriac chants among the Arab camel drivers. This man, John, had been a Syriac bishop of the Egyptian diaspora before he was captured by the Bedouins. He was entombed near Ḥadita, but only his habit was found.
floruit: 700-800
male
state: Saint
Saints Syriaques JEAN L'ÉVÊQUE CHAMELIER 245
J.M. Fiey BSO I 1196-97