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Also Known As John III • John of Antioch • Johannes Scholasticus
Born c.503 • near Antioch • Turkey
Died August 31, 577 • Istanbul • Turkey
Subjects Of Study canon law
Matthew Blastares
Greek theologian and scholar
Theodosius Of Alexandria
Egyptian patriarch
Euthymius I
Orthodox patriarch
Demetrius Cydones
Byzantine scholar and statesman
Saint Germanus I
Byzantine patriarch
Bessarion
Byzantine theologian
St. Maximus the Confessor
Byzantine theologian
Saint Theophanes the Confessor
Byzantine monk
Philotheus Kokkinos
patriarch of Constantinople
Leontius Of Byzantium
Byzantine monk and theologian
Nicholas III
patriarch of Constantinople
John Of Scythopolis
Byzantine theologian
Theognostos
Byzantine monk
Gregorios Akindynos
Byzantine monk
Prochorus Cydones
Byzantine theologian
Michael Glycas
Byzantine historian and theologian
Nicetas Stethatos
Greek theologian
Gregory IX consecrating the chapel of St. Gregory, detail of a fresco, 13th century; in the lower church of Sacro Speco, Subiaco, Italy
Gregory IX
pope
St. Basil, detail of a mosaic, 12th century; in the Palatine Chapel, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
St. Basil the Great
bishop of Caesarea
Hincmar of Reims
French theologian