Optional Memorial
Saint John I
- Feast day
- May 18
- Origin
- Italian
Life
John I was a Tuscan-born pope who reigned from 523 to 526. The Arian king Theodoric sent him to Constantinople to negotiate with Emperor Justin I, making him the first pope to travel to the Eastern capital, where he was received with great honor. Suspicious of that warm welcome, Theodoric imprisoned him at Ravenna upon his return, and he died in captivity, venerated as a martyr.
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