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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

John/Iohannes II, bishop of Rome, ob. 535

Saint ID

S00810

Reported Death Not Before

535

Reported Death Not After

535

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E01363The short Life of *John II (bishop of Rome, ob. 535, S00810) in the Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome soon after his death, lists offering made by the emperor Justinian to the basilica of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036), and records the burial of John at St Peter's, possibly on 27 May 535.