# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stephen-the-hymnographer
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:17:31.630Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/stephen-the-hymnographer"
name: "Stephen the Hymnographer"
slug: "stephen-the-hymnographer"
description: "Saint Stephen the Sabaite, also known as Stephen the Hymnographer, was a Christian monk from Julis, Gaza, a district of Gaza. He was a nephew of St. John of Damascus and spent a half-century in the monastery of Mar Saba. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church."
tagline: "Byzantine hymnographer and saint"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Menaion_icon_(17_c.%2C_TsAK)_-_July_-_18_-_Stephen_the_Sabaite.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "725"
deathDate: "802"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.26
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.937617333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stephen_the_Hymnographer"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanos_Melodos"
    title: "Stephanos Melodos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CF%84%CE%AD%CF%86%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%BF_%CE%A3%CE%B1%CE%B2%CE%B2%CE%B1%CE%90%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82"
    title: "Στέφανος ο Σαββαΐτης"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_the_Sabaite"
    title: "Stephen the Sabaite"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tienne_le_Saba%C3%AFte"
    title: "Étienne le Sabaïte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%A4%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%AC%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98"
    title: "სტეფანე საბაწმინდელი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B8%D1%82"
    title: "Стефан Саваит"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q911317"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump