John the Syrian, Gregory's interpreter

John the Syrian is the intermediary named in the ending of the Sleepers of Ephesus narrative attributed to Gregory of ToursGregory of ToursSixth-century Christian author; the Latin Sleepers narrative’s ending names him and John the Syrian in its translation credit.Glossary · Click to read the explanation. The text credits Gregory with rendering it into Latin with John's help as interpreter. The Cult of Saints database dates the work to 573–587 CE. Whether John's source was Greek or SyriacSyriacA literary form of Aramaic, with an extensive Christian heritage and earlier non-Christian attestations.Glossary · Click to read the explanation remains debated. His name identifies a specific role in the story's passage into Latin; the evidence used here does not supply a full biography. ^{[1] [2]}