John the Camel-Driver
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John the Camel-Driver; JEAN L'ÉVÊQUE CHAMELIER
identifier: http://syriaca.org/person/1312
identifier: 245
sex: male
floruit: 700-800
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.
Saints Syriaques JEAN L'ÉVÊQUE CHAMELIER 245
J.M. Fiey BSO I, 1196-97