Jean Cassien is not such a famous individual. However, when we dig we can find some interesting things about this person. Here are some of his noticeable achievements:
* Jean Cassien was Born around 380 a.d. and died around 450 a.d.
* He spent his early youth in Bethleem monastery. Then for seven years (~390) he visited Palestine's holly places and the anachoretes from Thebaide ( in Skete)
* In 403, J. Cassien was in Constantinople where he was the student of Saint John Chrysostome. At this time, he was in charge of the treasures of Constantinople cathedral.
* J. Cassien seems to be strongly involved in the introduction of Tarot cards in France. According to the manufacturer of the "Tarot de Marseille" J. Camoin : "it is the monk called Jean Cassien, founder of the St Victor Abbey in 400 ad coming back from Egypt, who contributed to the transmission of a secret teaching broadly influenced by Origene doctrine. It is clearly the order of St Victor that, in the years 1000, ruled over the territory where we will find the oldest Tarot and the oldest documents mentioning Tarots. This territory is made of Northern Italy, Southern France and Northern Spain, the territory over which the Cathars and the Templars will flourish".
* Jean Cassien wrote a dozen books in Latin mainly about convent rules and ascetism
* He is the founder of Saint Victorchruch in Marseille. This church displays some specificities: A black virgin is celebrated in the catacombs, Benoit XIII the heretic pope stayed in this place, the church is dedicated to Saint Victor: one of the few saints who are known to have killed the dragon (like Saint Georges, Saint Michel or Saint Marcel)
* Despite interesting achievements in the "religious field", J. Cassien never got sanctified by the roman church (it might be a good sign). However he is listed as Saint Jean Cassien in the Greek calendar
* J. Cassien displays some strong links with "Sainte Baume" (Mary Magdalena hermitage mountain according to some source, though Cassiopaean seem to have a different vision of those events). Jean Cassien has stayed in Ste Baume. There is a spring, a monastery and an oratorium holding his name in Sainte Baume area.
* During the roman concile directed by Gelase (end of the VIth century). All of J. Cassien books got labelled as apocryphal writings ( "De recipiendis et non recipiendis libris" rule)
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* Jean Cassien was Born around 380 a.d. and died around 450 a.d.
* He spent his early youth in Bethleem monastery. Then for seven years (~390) he visited Palestine's holly places and the anachoretes from Thebaide ( in Skete)
* In 403, J. Cassien was in Constantinople where he was the student of Saint John Chrysostome. At this time, he was in charge of the treasures of Constantinople cathedral.
* J. Cassien seems to be strongly involved in the introduction of Tarot cards in France. According to the manufacturer of the "Tarot de Marseille" J. Camoin : "it is the monk called Jean Cassien, founder of the St Victor Abbey in 400 ad coming back from Egypt, who contributed to the transmission of a secret teaching broadly influenced by Origene doctrine. It is clearly the order of St Victor that, in the years 1000, ruled over the territory where we will find the oldest Tarot and the oldest documents mentioning Tarots. This territory is made of Northern Italy, Southern France and Northern Spain, the territory over which the Cathars and the Templars will flourish".
* Jean Cassien wrote a dozen books in Latin mainly about convent rules and ascetism
* He is the founder of Saint Victorchruch in Marseille. This church displays some specificities: A black virgin is celebrated in the catacombs, Benoit XIII the heretic pope stayed in this place, the church is dedicated to Saint Victor: one of the few saints who are known to have killed the dragon (like Saint Georges, Saint Michel or Saint Marcel)
* Despite interesting achievements in the "religious field", J. Cassien never got sanctified by the roman church (it might be a good sign). However he is listed as Saint Jean Cassien in the Greek calendar
* J. Cassien displays some strong links with "Sainte Baume" (Mary Magdalena hermitage mountain according to some source, though Cassiopaean seem to have a different vision of those events). Jean Cassien has stayed in Ste Baume. There is a spring, a monastery and an oratorium holding his name in Sainte Baume area.
* During the roman concile directed by Gelase (end of the VIth century). All of J. Cassien books got labelled as apocryphal writings ( "De recipiendis et non recipiendis libris" rule)
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