Event Factoid
https://spear-prosop.org/10510-21Event Factoid:
John went
about preaching and teaching the Christian faith in Urtaya Urtaye and
spoke the language of Urtaye. As such, many believed that John was Urtaya and
called him by that name. John was actually Syrian.
Sources:
- "Lives of the Eastern Saints III." Patrologia Orientalis vol. 29.2 (1925)., p: 208.