| John Calybite | |
| Birth Date: | 5th century |
| Birth Place: | Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey) |
| Death Place: | Constantinople |
| Feast Day: | 15 January |
| Attributes: | Beggar with a Gospel in his hand |
John Calybite (or John Calabites, Calibita, Chalybita, Calabytes, Kalabytes; died) was a Greek monk and hermit who is venerated as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church.He left home at a young age and for several years was a monk in Jerusalem. He returned home disguised as a beggar, and his parents did not recognize him, but gave him a hut to live in. He revealed himself to his mother when on his deathbed. His feast day is celebrated on 15 January.[1]
The monks of St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate, wrote in their Book of Saints (1921),
The Roman Martyrology includes:
The hagiographer Alban Butler (1710–1773) wrote in his Lives of the Primitive Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints, under January 15,