SPEAR Factoids about

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Personal Information

Name variant(s):

John See factoid page

Death:

Death date: 529 See factoid page

Death place: John was martyred in Antioch by Ephraim in 529. See factoid page

Place of residence:

John of Tella resided in Marde. See factoid page

Sanctity:

John was saint and a martyr. See factoid page

John of Tella was a confessor. See factoid page

Occupation(s):

John was bishop of the city of Thella. See factoid page

John of Tella was a bishop. See factoid page

John distinguished himself in the divine practice of the solitary life. 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

Severus wrote a letter to John of Tella, Philoxenus of Doliche, and Thomas of Dara on the subject of receiving into communion those baptized in another confession. See factoid page

After leaving Thella, John returned to his former convent in the city of Callinicius. See factoid page

After John spent some time in the convent, supporters of the council of Chalcedon expelled all the monks and bishops. See factoid page

John, unafraid of persecution, challenged the bishops and volunteered to perform ordinations. See factoid page

John began examaning candidates for ordination from all over the empire. Potental priests came from Armenia, Arzun, Cappadocia. See factoid page

Imperial supporters of the Council of Chalcedon began to threaten John because of the ordinations he was performing. See factoid page

In 529 840 , John ordained seventy men from the convents of Amida. See factoid page

James and his fellow monks travel to Marde to receive forgiveness from John of Thella. He instructs them to make penance for three years before they may take communion again. See factoid page

John prophesied that Christians would not be able to find ordaining bishops throughout the empire.After 529, John observed that potential priests could go to Alexandria,Constantinople without gaining ordination. See factoid page

John of Tella, Philoxenus of Doliche, and Thomas of Dara wrote a letter to Severus on the subject of receiving into communion those baptized in another confession. See factoid page

John was captured and brought to Antioch, where he was tortured and killed by Ephraim of Amida . See factoid page

John reflected the holiness of Paul and Ignatius in his own life. See factoid page

After the Council of Chalcedon , John and the other bishops of Thella were exiled. See factoid page

How to cite:

“Person Page for ,” in SPEAR: Syriac Persons Events and Relations, general editor Daniel L. Schwartz, $nav-base/aggregate/person/50.html, 2023-10-10T09:27:25.583-04:00.