Doctor of the Church
Saint John of Damascus
Religious · Doctor of the Church — Doctor of the Assumption · Feast December 4
Saint John of Damascus, Doctor of the Assumption, declared a Doctor of the Church.
Background
Saint John of Damascus (c. 676-749) was the last of the Greek Fathers. He defended the veneration of sacred images during the iconoclast controversy and synthesized Eastern theology in The Fount of Knowledge. Declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XIII in 1890.
Summary
Saint John of Damascus, Doctor of the Assumption, declared a Doctor of the Church.
Doctor title
Doctor of the Assumption
Feast day
December 4
Feast month
12
Ecclesial role
religious
Feast day of month
4