Ioannes 45 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | M/L VII |
Dates | 681 (taq) / 681 (tpq) |
PmbZ No. | 2731 |
Variant Names | Iohannes |
Religion | Christian; Anti-monothelete |
Locations | Pessinous (Galatia) (officeplace); Pessinous (Galatia); Constantinople |
Occupation | Bishop |
Titles | Bishop, Pessinous (Galatia) (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 45 was bishop of Pessinous in Galatia Secunda; in 681 he attended the Third Council of Constantinople (the Sixth Ecumenical Council) and was present at two of the last three sessions (sessions sixteen and eighteen, from 9 August to 16 September): Riedinger II 2. 686-823 (= Mansi XI 613-672). In the subscriptions to the statement of the faith, which condemned monotheletism, and to the Council, he is styled Ἰωάννης ἐλάχιστος ἐπίσκοπος (Riedinger II 2. 823, line 27 (= Mansi XI 672) reads: ἐλέει Θεοῦ ἐπίσκοπος) τῆς Πισινουντιέων μητροπόλεως τῆς δευτέρας τῶν Γαλατῶν ἐπαρχίας: Riedinger II 2. 782, lines 13-14, 823, lines 27-28, cf. II 2. 892, lines 27-28 (= Mansi XI 644, 672, cf. XI 692) (the old Latin version printed in Riedinger II 2. 783, line 13 (= Mansi XI 643), calls his see "
(Publishable link for this person: http://www.pbe.kcl.ac.uk/person/p3497)