Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and David A. Michelson (eds.), "John the Egyptian" in last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1311
    
        
            
                
                    John the
          Egyptian
                    John the
          Mourner
                    Jean l’Égyptien, disciple de saint Eugène
                    JEAN L'EGYPTIEN
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                    male
                    In hagiography: John the Egyptian or the
          mourner was the student and compatriot of Mar
            Awgin. He lived as a solitary on Mount Qardu. He converted the pagans there. He built and was buried at a
          monastery called Ḥlahlaḥ which
          was renamed after him.
                    
                        
                            John the
          Egyptian is commemorated in John the Egyptian, Disciple of Mar Awgin (text).
                    
                    
                        Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca
                        
                        1814
                    
                    
                        Saints Syriaques
                        JEAN L'EGYPTIEN
                        
                        244
                    
                    
                        References and details on the life of the monastery, situated at Lower Dera, north of the Tigris, is from Finik.
                        
                            
                                Fiey
                            
                        
                        Nisibe
                        
                        197-99
                    
                    
                        
                            
                                J.-M.
                                Sauget
                            
                        
                        BS
                        
                        VI,
               353