John of Cappadocia
Patriarch of Constantinople
b. 5th century · d. 19 Jan 520
55th Archbishop of Constantinople (Ecumenical Patriarch)
Offices
John of Cappadocia, surnamed Cappadox or the Cappadocian, was patriarch of Constantinople in 518–520, during the reign of Byzantine emperor Anastasius I Dicorus after an enforced condemnation of the Council of Chalcedon. His short patriarchate is memorable for the celebrated Acclamations of Constantinople, and the reunion of East and West after a schism of 34 years. At the death of Timothy I of Constantinople, John of Cappadocia, whom he had designated his successor, was presbyter and chancellor of the Church of Constantinople.
Related people
- Timothy I of Constantinople succeeded · inferred
- Epiphanius of Constantinople preceded · inferred
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus 1 claim — Oriens Christianus I, col. 195 sqq. — Patriarchae Constantinopolitani