On Dec. 4 we celebrate St. John of Damascus, also known as St. John Damascene. A priest and religious, he became a doctor of the Church. He’s also the last Church Father. Here are seven things ...

St. John of Capistrano was canonized in 1724 ... 19th-century founders of religious orders and the 11 “Martyrs of Damascus” as saints. Each of the four Gospel writers — Matthew, Mark ...

He also received his master's degree from St. John's University in 2021 ... swiftly toppled Bashar al-Assad in a 10-day march to Damascus, appeared in a video message celebrating the victory.

of St. John of Damascus, the last of the Church Fathers. Five popes were from Byzantine Syria. Damascus was also, for a century, the capital of an Islamic empire stretching from Spain to Central Asia.