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name: John Cananus
name_greek: Ἰωάννης ὁ Κανᾶνος
eul_aid: tdi
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/john-cananus-tdi"
period: Late Antique
dialect: Byzantine Greek
works_count: 1
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# John Cananus

*Ἰωάννης ὁ Κανᾶνος*

**eul_aid:** `tdi` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/john-cananus-tdi)

John Cananus, 15th century Byzantine historian. His work details the Ottoman siege of Constantinople. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [On the Siege of Constantinople](https://eulogikon.org/works/john-can-siege-constantinople-tdi-aa) — *Περὶ τῆς Πολιορκίας τῆς Κωνσταντινουπόλεως* · `tdi-aa`

## License and provenance

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