John (grandson of Theodora) - ܝܘܚܢܢ
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John (grandson of Theodora); ܝܘܚܢܢ; Ioannes
identifier: http://syriaca.org/person/5111
identifier: http://syriaca.org/johnofephesus/persons/5111
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.
floruit: 571-577
male
72; 73; 215; 306 3.2.11; 3.2.12; 3.4.35; 3.6.12
Ioannes 90 676-677
676-677
72; 73; 215; 306