John I (Pope)
John I († May 18, 526 in Ravenna ) was Pope from August 13, 523 until his death as Bishop of Rome .
He came from Tuscany (from Siena or Castello di Serena , near Chiusdino ) and was already old and frail at the time of his election .
Against his protest, he was sent to Constantinople in 525 by the Arian king of the Ostrogoths , Theodoric the Great , to negotiate with Emperor Justin I and his Caesar Justinian about an imperial decree of 523, which was directed against the Arians. He was the first Pope to visit Eastern Stream . Theodoric threatened that there would be repression against Trinitarian Christians in Italy if John's mission failed.
In Constantinople, John was received with almost imperial honors. He celebrated a mass in the presence of the emperor and then placed the crown on Justin’s head: the Eastern Roman emperors used to be bareheaded during services, and it was normally the responsibility of the Patriarch of Constantinople to crown them afterwards; but Justin demonstratively left this honor to the Pope. The emperor was willing to negotiate on issues relating to the decree of 523.
When Johannes returned to Ravenna , Theodoric's capital, he had the Pope arrested on the accusation that he had conspired with Emperor Justin against the Ostrogoths. He was held in Ravenna and soon died there from bad treatment.
His body was transferred to Rome and there in Alt-St. Peter buried.
In Christian art , John I is depicted as looking through the bars of a prison with a deacon and sub-deacon . He is especially venerated as a saint in Ravenna and Tuscany. The required day of remembrance is May 18, the day of his death .
literature
- Adolf Jülicher : Ioannes 49 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IX, 2, Stuttgart 1916, column 1808.
- M. Vitiello: "Cui Iustinus Imperator venienti ita occurrit ac si Beato Petro". The ritual at the first Pope-Emperor meeting in Constantinople: a Roman interpretation? In: Byzantinische Zeitschrift 98, 2005, pp. 81–96.
Web links
- Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints
- Entry in the Catholic Encyclopedia , Robert Appleton Company, New York 1913.
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Hormisdas |
Pope 523-526 |
Felix III. |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | John I. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Pope (from August 13, 523 to May 18, 526) |
DATE OF BIRTH | 5th century |
DATE OF DEATH | May 18, 526 |
Place of death | Ravenna , Italy |