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John of Ephesus (or of Asia) (Greek: Ίωάννης ό Έφέσιος, Classical Syriac: ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܐܦܣܘܣ, c. 507 – c. 588 AD) was a leader of the early Syriac Orthodox Church in the sixth century and one of the earliest and the most important historians to write in Syriac. John of Ephesus was a bishop, but John was more important than ...
The bishops at Cyril's council outnumbered those at John of Antioch's council by nearly four to one. In addition, they had the agreement of the papal legates and the support of the population of Ephesus who supported their bishop, Memnon. [citation needed] However, Count Candidian and his troops supported Nestorius as did Count Irenaeus.
This is mainly evident from the conversion of religious monuments, the increased use of Christian symbols, as well as the destruction of various pagan places of worship. The apostle John has his grave in Ephesus. [5] Polycrates of Ephesus (Greek: Πολυκράτης) was a bishop at Ephesus in the 2nd century.
Timothy or Timothy of Ephesus (Greek: Τιμόθεος, Timótheos, meaning "honouring God" or "honoured by God" [8]) was an early Christian evangelist and the first Christian bishop of Ephesus, [9] who the Acts of Timothy relates died around the year AD 97.
The tomb itself acted upon its miracle every year on 8 May, during an all night-festal in honor of St. John, for nearly a thousand years, [17] prompting many pilgrimages throughout the medieval period. [18] The pilgrims who journeyed to Ephesus did not leave empty-handed. Flasks were produced at St. John's tomb for the pilgrims. [19]
John's tomb is thought to be located in the former Basilica of St. John at Selçuk, a small town in the vicinity of Ephesus. [97] John, along with Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph, [98] belongs among a few saints who left no bodily relics as the opening of his tomb during Constantine the Great's reign yielded no bones.
Jacob ordained John of Ephesus as Bishop of Ephesus in 558. [16] In 559, Jacob consecrated Ahudemmeh as Metropolitan of the East. [17] In 566, Jacob attended discussions held by Emperor Justin II at Constantinople between Chalcedonians and non-Chalcedonians with the goal of a compromise between the two factions. [18]
John of Ephesus records a persecution of Baalbek's pagans as late as 580 [8] and no record apart from copies of Pelagia's hagiography lists a Nonnus as a bishop of Heliopolis, [21] although his story is sometimes conflated [n 5] with the Nonnus known to have been a bishop of Edessa in Mesopotamia and who attended the 451 Council of Chalcedon.