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St. John the Dwarf

St. John the Dwarf

St. John the Dwarf

Feastday: October 17
339 - 405

John the Dwarf was a native of Basta in Lower Egypt. He retired to the desert of Skeet when a young man and became a disciple of St. Poemen. John lived a life of obedience, humility, and austerity the rest of his days. When he arrived at Skeet he is reputed to have watered a stick stuck in the ground unquestioningly when his spiritual director ordered him to do so; in the third year of his ministrations, it bore fruit. He left Skeet to escape marauder Berbers and settled on Mount Quolzum, where he died. His feast day is October 17th.

 
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  1. penis
    1 week ago

    Very helpful

  2. James Thigpen
    10 months ago

    Is St. John the Dwarf a Patron Saint? If so, of what, please? I have heard Dominican Vocations.

  3. Bill jerome
    2 years ago

    Please give us the approximate dates of his life. Thank you.

  4. RiLEY
    4 years ago

    LOVE THE NAME!!!

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