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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 IV, bishop of Rome, ob. 642

Saint ID

S00854

Reported Death Not Before

642

Reported Death Not After

562

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E01626The short Life of *John IV (bishop of Rome, ob. 642, S00854) in the Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome soon after his death, records his building of a church, next to the Lateran basilica, of *Venantius, Anastasius, and Maurus, and other martyrs of Istria and Dalmatia (S00853), whose relics John transferred to Rome; and mentions his burial at the church of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036) on 12 October.