John the Deacon
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, The Byzantine John the Deacon is the author of a tract on the veneration of saints and against the doctrine of soul sleep. He was one of several Byzantine writers who wrote on this theme, from Eustratios of Constantinople and Niketas Stethatos, to Philip Monotropos and Michael Glykas.
