John the Oxite

Patriarch of Antioch

b. 11th century · d. 12th century

84th Patriarch of Antioch (Greek line)

Offices

John the Oxite or John Oxeites was the Greek Orthodox patriarch of Antioch from c. 1089 until 1100, when he was exiled by Prince Bohemond I of Antioch. He fled to the Byzantine Empire and continued to govern those parts of the patriarchate that were under Byzantine rule. He was a prominent writer of religious texts, and reformer of religious and charitable foundations.

How we know

Recorded as a historical figure.

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