Editing John of Damascus (section)

==Veneration==
When the name of John of Damascus was inserted in the [[General Roman Calendar]] in 1890, it was assigned to 27 March. The feast day was moved in 1969 to the day of John's death, 4 December, the day on which his feast day is celebrated also in the [[Byzantine Rite]] calendar,<ref>Calendarium Romanum (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 1969), pp. 109, 119; cf. [http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article?eu=393924 Britannica Concise Encyclopedia]
</ref> Lutheran Commemorations,<ref>Kinnaman, Scot A. ''Lutheranism 101'' (Concordia Publish House, St. Louis, 2010) p. 278.</ref> and the Anglican Communion and Episcopal Church.<ref>Lesser Feasts and Fasts, 2006 (Church Publishing, 2006), pp. 92–93.</ref>

John of Damascus is honored in the [[Calendar of saints (Church of England)|Church of England]] and in the [[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)|Episcopal Church]] on 4 December.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Calendar|url=https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/churchs-year/calendar|access-date=8 April 2021|website=The Church of England|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bEq7DwAAQBAJ |title=Lesser Feasts and Fasts 2018 |date=2019-12-17 |publisher=Church Publishing, Inc. |isbn=978-1-64065-235-4 |language=en}}</ref>

In 1890, he was declared a [[Doctor of the Church]] by [[Pope Leo XIII]].