Also known as:
John the Deacon;
Latin: Joannes Diaconus Neapolitanus, Johannes Diaconus
JOHN, Deacon.** - Neapolitan chronicler, who lived in the second half of the 9th century and the early years of the 10th. He was rector of the deaconry of St. Januarius, and the author not of the entire Liber pontificalis Ecclesiae neapolitanae, as was once believed, but only of the second part, which covers the biographies of the bishops of Naples from Paul II, elected in 762, to Athanasius I, who died on 15 July 872; the work was written at a still youthful age, with accuracy and impartiality (v. RIS, I, II, pp. 291-318).
He also composed: Acta s. Ianuarii (cf. Acta SS. Septembris, VI, Paris 1867, pp. 874-78); Acta translationis s. Sosii diaconi (ibid., pp. 879-84); Acta translationis s. Severini (ibid. Ianuarii, I, Paris 1863, pp. 497-99); Vita s. Nicolai episc. Myrensis (cf. N. C. Falconio, S. Nicolai... acta primigenia, Naples 1851, p. 112 ff.); Martyrium s. Procopii episc. Tauromenii (cf. RIS, I, II, pp. 269-73); the version from Greek into Latin of the martyrdom of the forty of Sebaste: Vita martyrum XL Sebastenorum (Acta SS. Martii, II, Paris 1865, pp. 22-25).
Bibliography5 worksB. Capasso, Monumenta ad Neapolitani ducatus historiam pertinentia, I, Naples 1881, p. 147 ff.; id., Le fonti della storia delle province na
BIBL.: B. Capasso, Monumenta ad Neapolitani ducatus historiam pertinentia, I, Naples 1881, p. 147 ff.; id., Le fonti della storia delle province napoletane, ibid. 1902; F. Savio, G. d., biografia di vescovi napoletani, in Atti della Reale Accademia delle scienze di Torino, 50 (1914-15), pp. 974-88; D. Mallardo, Storia antica della Chiesa di Napoli, Le fonti, Naples 1944, pp. 6-12, 31-36; id., G. d. napoletano, in Riv. di storia della Chiesa in Italia, 2 (1948), pp. 317-37.
Testore, Celestino. “Giovanni, diacono.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 553. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/giovanni-diacono.
MLA
Testore, Celestino. “Giovanni, diacono.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 553. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/giovanni-diacono.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec6_giovanni_diacono,
author = {Testore, Celestino},
title = {Giovanni, diacono},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VI},
pages = {553},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/giovanni-diacono}
}
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