Ioannes 227

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitL VII/E VIII
Dates701 (taq) / 705 (ob.)
PmbZ No.3422
Variant NamesIohannes;
pope John VI
ReligionChristian
EthnicityGreek
LocationsRome (deathplace);
Rome (officeplace);
Rome (residence);
Rome;
Horrea (Campania)
OccupationBishop
TitlesArchbishop, Rome (office);
Bishop, Rome (office);
Patriarch, Rome (office);
Pope, Rome (office)
Textual SourcesLiber Pontificalis, ed. L. Duchesne, Le liber pontificalis. Texte, introduction et commentaire, 2 vols. (Paris, 1886-92); re-issued with 3rd vol. by C. Vogel, (Paris, 1955-57) (chronicle);
Paulus Diaconus, Historia Gentis Langobardorum, ed. L. Bethmann and G. Waitz, MGH, Scr. Rer. Lang., pp. 12-187; also in MGH, Scr. Rer. Ger. 48, pp. 49-242 (history)

Ioannes 227 was of Greek nationality ("natione Grecus"): Lib. Pont. 87. 1. Bishop of Rome from 701 to 705, he succeeded Sergius I (Sergios 30) and occupied the see for three years two months and twelve days; some later manuscripts add that it was in the time of Tiberius (Tiberios 2): Lib. Pont. 87. 1. He succeeded in calming the troops of Italy when they opposed the appointment of Theophylaktos 58 as exarchus, shutting the gates of Rome and sending priests as envoys to their camp: Lib. Pont. 87. 1. He ransomed captives taken in Campania by the Lombard dux of Beneventum, Gisulfus 1, and persuaded him to withdraw back home with his army: Lib. Pont. 87. 2, Paul. Diac., Hist. Lang. VI 27. He built a new ambo in the Church of St Andrew, put a new altarcloth in the Church of St Mark and white veils in the Church of St Paul: Lib. Pont. 87. 3. According to later manuscripts he died and was buried in St Peter's in the third indiction, on August 2, in the reign of the emperor Tiberios (Tiberios 2): Lib. Pont., p. 383, variants to line 16.

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