Ioannes 226 had the nickname Platys: Lib. Pont. 86. 3 (cited below). He was patricius and exarchus of Italy in 687. Exarchus of Italy in 687 in succession to Theodoros 165; at Ravenna he received a letter from the archdeacon Paschalis 1 at Rome promising gifts in return for support for Paschalis 1's bid to succeed the ailing bishop of Rome, Conon (Konon 10) ("scripsit Ravenna Iohanni glorioso novo exarcho"); he ordered the iudices whom he appointed and sent to Rome to have Paschalis 1 elected after the death of Konon 10: Lib. Pont. 85. 5. In the event Sergios 30 was elected, after a contest between Paschalis 1 and Theodoros 167; Ioannes 226, styled patricius and exarchus, received messengers, money and gifts from Paschalis to intervene ("Iohannem patricium et exarchum cognomento Platyn cum suis iudicibus nemine sciente Romam venire persuaderet"); he arrived so unexpectedly that the normal ceremonial reception did not take place as usual ("qui sic abdite venit ut nec signa nec banda cum militia Romani exercitus occurrissent ei iuxta consuetudinem in conpetenti loco, nisi a propinquo Romanae civitatis"): Lib. Pont. 86. 3. At Rome, when he found that Sergios 30 was generally supported and that he could do nothing for Paschalis 1, he demanded that the church pay him the sum of one hundred pounds of gold, equal to that promised by Paschalis 1; the new pope protested that the church had not promised it and did not owe it, and as a gesture to arouse sympathy removed the vessels and crowns which hung before the altar and confession of St Peter's as if to pawn them; Ioannes 226 remained unmoved until the hundred pounds of gold was paid; only then was Sergios 30 consecrated bishop: Lib. Pont. 86. 4-5.

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