Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and David A. Michelson (eds.), "John the Blue" in last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1309
    
        
            
                
                    John the
          Blue
                    JEAN LE BLEU
                    http://syriaca.org/person/1309
                    240
                    male
                    714
                    650-714
                    In hagiography: John the Blue was the bishop
            of Ḥirta. He was also known as
          the young man from Ḥirta.
                    
                        Saints Syriaques
                        JEAN LE BLEU
                        
                        240
                    
                    
                        
                            
                                Fiey
                            
                        
                        Assyrie chrétienne
                        
                        III, 122-23
                    
                    
                        Ebedjésus of Nisibis attributes to him a book of directions and 280 letters, the marjority of which are on biblical subjects.
                        
                        Ms. of Diyarbakr
                    
                    
                        
                            
                                J.M.
                                Fiey
                            
                        
                        BSO
                        
                        I,
               1131