# John of Capua

- id: john-of-capua
- dates: fl. 1263-1278, Rome
- roles: translator

A Jewish convert to Christianity who translated the Hebrew Kalila into Latin as the Directorium humanae vitae, the version through which the fables entered most European vernaculars.

## Crossings

- 1263–1278: Panchatantra into Latin (translator) [attested]

## Sources

- Riedel, Dagmar (2010). Kalila wa Demna i. Redactions and Circulation.