Saint John the Dwarf (Greek: Ιωάννης Κολοβός; Arabic: ابو يحنّس القصير (Abū) Yuḥannis al-Qaṣīr ca. 339 – ca. 405), also called Saint John Colobus, Saint John Kolobos or Abba John the Dwarf,[1] was an Egyptian Desert Father of the early Christian church.