Ioannes 41

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitM/L VII
Dates681 (taq) / 681 (tpq)
PmbZ No.2720
Variant NamesIohannes
ReligionChristian;
Anti-monothelete
LocationsNyssa (Cappadocia) (officeplace);
Nyssa (Cappadocia);
Constantinople
OccupationBishop
TitlesBishop, Nyssa (Cappadocia) (office)
Textual SourcesConstantinople, Third Council of (Sixth Ecumenical Council), ed. R. Riedinger, Concilium Universale Constantinopolitanum Tertium, ACO II.2. 1 (Berlin, 1990-1992); also cited from Mansi XI passim (conciliar)

Ioannes 41 was bishop of Nyssa in Cappadocia Prima; in 681 he attended the Third Council of Constantinople (the Sixth Ecumenical Council) and was present at the last eight sessions (sessions eleven to eighteen, from 20 March to 16 September): Riedinger II 2. 404-825 (= Mansi XI 457-673). In the subscriptions to the statement of the faith, which condemned monotheletism, and to the Council, he is styled Ἰωάννης ἐλέει Θεοῦ ἐπίσκοπος τῆς Νυσσαέων πόλεως τῆς πρώτης τῶν Καππαδοκῶν ἐπαρχίας: Riedinger II 2. 786, line 16, 825, line 27 (= Mansi XI 645, 673). In the lists of those attending each session he is styled Ἰωάννου ἐπισκόπου Νύσσης: Riedinger II 2. 404, line 22, 518, line 13, etc. (= Mansi XI 457, 520, etc.).

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