Ioannes 41 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | M/L VII |
Dates | 681 (taq) / 681 (tpq) |
PmbZ No. | 2720 |
Variant Names | Iohannes |
Religion | Christian; Anti-monothelete |
Locations | Nyssa (Cappadocia) (officeplace); Nyssa (Cappadocia); Constantinople |
Occupation | Bishop |
Titles | Bishop, Nyssa (Cappadocia) (office) |
Textual Sources | Constantinople, Third Council of (Sixth Ecumenical Council), ed. R. Riedinger, Concilium Universale Constantinopolitanum Tertium, ACO II.2. 1 (Berlin, 1990-1992); also cited from Mansi XI passim (conciliar) |
Ioannes 41 was bishop of Nyssa in Cappadocia Prima; in 681 he attended the Third Council of Constantinople (the Sixth Ecumenical Council) and was present at the last eight sessions (sessions eleven to eighteen, from 20 March to 16 September): Riedinger II 2. 404-825 (= Mansi XI 457-673). In the subscriptions to the statement of the faith, which condemned monotheletism, and to the Council, he is styled Ἰωάννης ἐλέει Θεοῦ ἐπίσκοπος τῆς Νυσσαέων πόλεως τῆς πρώτης τῶν Καππαδοκῶν ἐπαρχίας: Riedinger II 2. 786, line 16, 825, line 27 (= Mansi XI 645, 673). In the lists of those attending each session he is styled Ἰωάννου ἐπισκόπου Νύσσης: Riedinger II 2. 404, line 22, 518, line 13, etc. (= Mansi XI 457, 520, etc.).
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