Ioannes 53 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M/L VII |
| Dates | 681 (taq) / 681 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 2735, 2783 |
| Variant Names | Iohannes |
| Religion | Christian; Anti-monothelete |
| Locations | Andrapa (Helenopontus) (officeplace); Constantinople; Andrapa (Helenopontus) |
| Occupation | Bishop |
| Titles | Bishop, Andrapa (Helenopontus) (office) |
| Textual Sources | Constantinople, 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) |
| Seal Sources | Laurent, V., Le corpus des sceaux de l'empire byzatin, V, 1-3, L'église (Paris, 1963-72); II, L'administration centrale (Paris, 1981) |
Ioannes 53 was bishop of Andrapa in Helenopontus; in 681 he attended the Third Council of Constantinople (the Sixth Ecumenical Council) and was present at two of the last three sessions (sessions sixteen and eighteen, on 9 August and 16 September): Riedinger II 2. 690-826 (= Mansi XI 616-676). In the subscriptions to the statement of the faith, which condemned monotheletism, and in the signatures to the Council, he is styled Ἰωάννης ἐλέει Θεοῦ ἐπίσκοπος τῆς Ἀνδραπηνῶν πόλεως: Riedinger II 2. 792, line 7, 826, line 28 (= Mansi XI 649, 676). The old Latin version printed in Riedinger II 2. 793, line 8, calls his see "
Probably identical with Ioannes, bishop of the city of Andrapa, owner of a seal dateable to the seventh century: Laurent, Corpus V 1, no. 430. Obv.: [+] [Ι]ω - αννου - επισκο - που. Rev.: <πο>λεως - Ανδρα - πον (sic).
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