John I
470 CE – 526 CE · aged 56
Pope
- Born
- 470 CE · Siena
- Died
- 526 CE · Ravenna
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 470 CEBornBorn in Siena
- 523 CE – 526 CERolePope
- 526 CEDiedDied in Ravenna
Loading from Wikipedia and Wikidata…
Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (470 CE – 526 CE).
- 476 CEFall of Western Rome
Biography
Pope John I (Latin: Ioannes I; died 18 May 526) was the bishop of Rome from 13 August 523 to his death on 18 May 526. He was a native of Siena (or the "Castello di Serena", near Chiusdino), in Italy. Pope John I played a pivotal role in standardizing how the Western Church calculated the date of Easter, with the help of the monk Dionysius Exiguus, in 525. He was sent on a diplomatic mission to Constantinople by the Ostrogoth King Theoderic to negotiate better treatment for Arians. Although John was relatively successful, upon his return to Ravenna, Theoderic had him imprisoned for allegedly conspiring with Constantinople. The frail pope died of neglect and ill-treatment.
Text from the Wikipedia article Pope John I, CC BY-SA 4.0
About this information
Dates and life events come from this person’s Wikidata entry.
We only show events that the sources give a date for. Anything without a date is left out rather than guessed.