SPEAR Factoids about

Personal Information

Birth:

Birth place: John was born in Gaza. See factoid page

Place of residence:

John lived in the convent called that of father Peter the Iberian. See factoid page

Sanctity:

John was a saint. See factoid page

Relationships

John of Ephesus commemorated John. See factoid page

John of Tella, John of Hephaestopolis and Thomas of Damascus were fellow clergy. See factoid page

Events

Convicted,John resolved to perform ordinations, journeying into the city under the pretext of illnesses and seeing physicians. His cause was made known to the queen. See factoid page

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Theodora allowed John to stay in a great mansion. Here John set up altars to encourage exiled Christians. See factoid page

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Jelous of the zealous activity of John, bishops and priests began to petition Theodosius to censure. The archbishop refused. See factoid page

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John exercised judgment when deciding who he would ordain. The jealous bishops, meanwhile, plotted to reveal John's actions to the queen. See factoid page

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John confronted Theodora about the corrupt bishops and the persecution of Christians. Theodora, angry, sought to punish the jealous bishops, but relented after John interceded on their behalf. She commanded John to cease his ordinations, something he was glad to do due to a growing illness. See factoid page

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John continued to ordain believers, travelling to Lydia in Asia , Tarsus in Cilicia , and all of Syria before returning to Anthemiu in Constantinople . See factoid page

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Ephraim appealed to the king and queen, revealing that John was causing division by ordaining priests around the empire.Theodora, convinced that John had been laying sick in the palace, dismissed the charges. See factoid page

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After a time,John feigned illness again as a pretense to travel around the empire to ordain more priests. He travelled to Cyprus,Caesarea,Rhodes,Tralles,Chios,Alexandria,and Palestine. See factoid page

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While John was ordaining priests in the Church at Tralles , John of Ephesus administered the eucharist during the ordination service. John also accompanied John to an ordination service in Mar John in Ephesus. See factoid page

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After the Council of Chalcedon , John was expelled from Gaza, and traveled into Alexandria, finally settling in the Ennaton. See factoid page

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Theodosius appointed John as bishop of Hephaestu. See factoid page

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