John of Fécamp, (early 11th century - 22 February 1079) was an Italian-Norman
Benedictine who was the most widely read of early medieval spiritual writers before the
Imitation of Christ became popular (published circa 1418-1427), during a period called the Golden Age of Monasticism and of Scholasticism, and the height of the Papacy. Writing under the name of famous writers, he wrote the very popular book
Meditations of St. Augustine and the book
Meditations. He was born near
Ravenna and died at
Fécamp Normandy, as the Abbot of the Abbey of Fécamp. He was nicknamed
'Jeannelin' or
'Little John' on account of his diminutive stature.