Ioannes 529

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitM IX
PmbZ No.3216
LocationsKyzikos;
Kyzikos (officeplace)
OccupationBishop
TitlesBishop, Kyzikos (office)
Textual SourcesVita Theodori Grapti, by Symeon Metaphrastes (BHG 1746) in PG 116, 653-684 (hagiography)

Ioannes 529 was bishop of Kyzikos; he was the addressee of a letter from Theodoros 68 describing the ordeals suffered by Theodoros 68 and Theophanes 6 during their persecution under the emperor Theophilos 5: Letter of Theodorus to Ioannes bishop of Kyzikos, in Vita Theod. Grapt. 672B-680A, cf. 669D (Ἰωάννῃ τῷ κατὰ Κύζικον ἐκκλησίας προέδρῳ καὶ τῷ λοιπῷ πλήθει τῶν ὀρθοδόξων). Possibly identical with Anonymus 565.

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