Ioannes 47 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M/L VII |
| Dates | 681 (taq) / 681 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 2728 |
| Variant Names | Iohannes |
| Religion | Christian; Anti-monothelete |
| Locations | Stobi (Macedonia) (officeplace); Stobi (Macedonia); Constantinople |
| Occupation | Bishop |
| Titles | Bishop, Stobi (Macedonia) (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 47 was bishop of Stobi in Macedonia; 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, on 9 August and 16 September): Riedinger II 2. 688-825 (= Mansi XI 613-673). In the subscriptions to the statement of the faith, which condemned monotheletism, and to the Council, he is styled Ἰωάννης ἐλέει Θεοῦ ἐπίσκοπος (Riedinger II 2. 825, line 13 (= Mansi XI 673) reads: ἀνάξιος ἐπίσκοπος) τῆς Στοβέων πόλεως: Riedinger II 2. 784, line 17, 825, line 13 (= Mansi XI 645, 673). In the lists of those present at each session he is styled Ἰωάννου ἐπισκόπου Στόβων: Riedinger II 2. 688, line 2, 758, line 7 (= Mansi XI 613, 628). His name is included in the list of bishops printed in Riedinger II 2. 738, line 8 (= Mansi XI 696), where he is styled Ἰωάννης ἐλέει Θεοῦ ἐπίσκοπος πόλεως Στοβῶν.
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