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John (grandson of Theodora) - ܝܘܚܢܢ

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"A scion of the family of the emperor Anastasius and grandson of Theodora, John was a honorary consul and belonged to the top echelons of the imperial hierarchy. Joh. Eph., EH 2.11, records that he was a miaphysite and refused to take the Chalcedonian communion. In 4.35 and 6.12, he is named as one of the envoys sent to the Persian border for peace negotiations."3

Names

  • ܝܘܚܢܢ1
  • John (grandson of Theodora)
  • Ioannes2

Floruit

571-577

Sex

male4

Notes

"A scion of the family of the emperor Anastasius and grandson of Theodora, John was a honorary consul and belonged to the top echelons of the imperial hierarchy. Joh. Eph., EH 2.11, records that he was a miaphysite and refused to take the Chalcedonian communion. In 4.35 and 6.12, he is named as one of the envoys sent to the Persian border for peace negotiations."3
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  • 1 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini Historiae Ecclesiasticae Pars Tertia, 2 vols., CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935), p: 72; 73; 215; 306chapter: 3.2.11; 3.2.12; 3.4.35; 3.6.12. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 J. R. Martindale, A.D. 527-641 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992), entry: Ioannes 90p: 676-677. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 J. R. Martindale, A.D. 527-641 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992), p: 676-677. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini Historiae Ecclesiasticae Pars Tertia, 2 vols., CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935), p: 72; 73; 215; 306. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

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Silvio Roggo, “John (grandson of Theodora) — ܝܘܚܢܢ ” last modified February 16, 2024, http://syriaca.org/person/5111.

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Silvio Roggo, “John (grandson of Theodora) — ܝܘܚܢܢ .”, edited by ., edited by Nathan P. Gibson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2024. Entry published February 16, 2024. http://syriaca.org/person/5111.

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