medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
I am not a Cassian scholar so I quote from Columba Stewart's Cassian the
Monk (New York, Oxford, 1998), p. 4:
"First, his name: he is always called "Cassianus" by his
contemporaries and near contemporaries. In his own works, the name
"Johannes" appears only twice, and "Cassianus" never. It may be that Cassian
was his given name and John a monastic one. Cassianus was a common enough
name, derived from the even more common Cassius; both were found throughout
eastern and western regions of the Mediterranean world. The name itself
tells us nothing about his birthplace."
Thomas Sullivan, OSB
Conception Abbey
Conception Missouri
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