Ioannes 533 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Floruit | E/M VII |
Dates | 640 (taq) / 642 (ob.) |
Variant Names | pope John IV |
Religion | Christian |
Locations | Rome (officeplace) |
Titles | Archbishop (office); Bishop, Rome (office); Patriarch (office); Pope (office) |
Textual Sources | Liber Pontificalis, ed. L. Duchesne, Le liber pontificalis. Texte, introduction et commentaire, 2 vols. (Paris, 1886-92); re-issued with 3rd vol. by C. Vogel, (Paris, 1955-57) (chronicle) |
Ioannes 533 was the bishop of Rome from 640 to 642; a native of Dalmatia, he was the son of a scholastikos Venantius (PLRE III, Venantius 5); he became bishop of Rome on 24 December 640 in succession to Severinus (PLRE III, Severinus 2) and was succeeded after his death on 12 October 642 by Theodoros 49: Lib. Pont. 74.
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