Today we celebrate the memorial of Saint John I

The Western emperor made John lead a mission to the East to mitigate the sanctions against the heretics after the Eastern emperor started implementing harsh measures on the Arians in his region. Few details of the negotiation are known to ensure Catholics in the West would continue to be accepted.

John was detained at Ravenna on his way home because the emperor had started to worry that his connection with his eastern adversary would result in a plot against his throne. John passed quite soon after being imprisoned, allegedly because of the care he received there.

John was laid in the Basilica of St. Peter when his body arrived in Rome.

Source: franciscanmedia.org