Exile Case

Here you will find information about an individual exile case and links which enable you to view exile locations on a map as well as visualise the relationships between people and groups using a network diagram.

Person/Group	Iohannes of Tella ( view the social network for this person / group )
Exile Date	521 - 538 (from: --/--/521 to: --/--/538)
Sources	V.-L. Menze, “The Regula ad Diaconos: John of Tella, his Eucharistic Ecclesiology and the Establishment of an Ecclesiastical Hierarchy in Exile,” Oriens Christianus 90 (2006), 44-90 Severus, Select Letters 5.14 (Brooks, 1902-4, 389-94) Ioannes of Ephesus, Vitae Sanctorum Orientalium 18 (PO 18:513-26) Chronicle of Zuqnin, Third part, 517-518 (Harrak, 51)

Locations view exile locations

Location of exile's previous office	Tella [Viranşehir]
Location exiled from	Tella [Viranşehir]
Location exiled to
Location(s) arrived at	Callinicum [ar-Raqqa]
Date of arrival	after 521 (from: --/--/521 to: --/--/--)
Relationship to location	place of former monastry
Type of location	settlement,monastery
Reason for leaving	moved by authorities

Location(s) arrived at	unknown [unknown]
Date of arrival	after 521 (from: --/--/521 to: --/--/--)
Relationship to location	alien place
Type of location	desert
Reason for leaving	moved by authorities

Location(s) arrived at	Antiochia/Theoupolis [Antakya]
Date of arrival	538 (from: --/--/538 to: --/--/--)
Relationship to location	unknown
Type of location	city
Reason for leaving	n/a
Location(s) exile returned to
Location of office after return

Activities in Exile

Activities Related to Doctrine	ordinations
Died in exile?	yes
Reason for death	execution
Writings in Exile	yes

Title of writing	Canones ad presbyteros
Genre	canon law
Extant?	partly
Notes	CSCO 367/8, 145-56

Title of writing	Quaestiones ad responsiones
Genre	treatise
Extant?	yes
Notes	Vööbus, The Synodicon in the West Syrian Tradition, 197-205, 211-222

Title of writing	Regula ad diaconos
Genre	canon law
Extant?	yes
Notes	Menze, Oriens Christianus 90:44-90

Legal details

Threat only	no
Refuge from judicial proceedings	no
Consequence of asylum	no
Offenses exiled for/accused of	Non-Chalcedonianism
Legal type of exile	unknown
Additional punishments
Intended duration	permanent
Actual duration	17 years
Returned?	no
Reason for return
Deposed by synod?	no
Synod deposed by
Returned by synod?	n/a
Synod returned by

Religious status, office and affiliation

Religious status before exile	clerical
Religious status during exile	??
Religious status after return	n/a
Clerical or ascetic office before exile	bishop
Clerical or ascetic office during exile
Clerical or ascetic office after return	n/a
Enforced rank change?	n/a
Religious affiliation before exile	monophysite
Religious affiliation during exile	monophysite
Religious affiliation after return

Died in exile?	yes
Reason for death	execution

Cult

Venerated as a saint?	Yes
Date	Date: Unknown
Cult site
Relics

Exile Relationships: Interactions

Twelve bishops from the Antioch area

Interaction Date	after 521 (from: --/--/521 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	unknown [unknown]
Office	Bishop
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	support
Notes

Companion
Yes

Severus of Antioch

Interaction Date	early 520ies (from: --/--/521 to: --/--/525)
Interaction Location
Office
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	support
Notes

Other Interaction Type
Yes (instigator of letter)

Monophysite bishops

Interaction Date	early 520ies (from: --/--/521 to: --/--/525)
Interaction Location
Office
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	support
Notes

Other Interaction Type
Yes (joint writer of letter)

Monophysite monks

Interaction Date	early 520ies (from: --/--/521 to: --/--/525)
Interaction Location
Office
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	support
Notes

Correspondent
Yes (receiver of letter)

'170,000' clerics

Interaction Date	after 522 (from: --/--/522 to: --/--/538)
Interaction Location
Office
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	support
Notes

Visitor	Receiver of benefaction from exile
Yes	Yes (other, ordination)

Ioannes of Ephesus

Interaction Date	529 (from: --/--/529 to: --/--/525)
Interaction Location
Office
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	support
Notes

Visitor	Hagiographer
Yes	Yes

70 Amidene monks

Interaction Date	529 (from: --/--/529 to: --/--/525)
Interaction Location
Office
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	ascetic
Relationship Quality	support
Notes

Visitor
Yes

Ephraim of Amida

Interaction Date	538 (from: --/--/538 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Antiochia/Theoupolis [Antakya]
Office	Bishop
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	support
Notes

Other Interaction Type
Yes (responsible for execution)

Other Relationships: Contacts of an exiled Person/Group's contacts'

Person 1	Monophysite bishops
Person 2	Monophysite monks
Date	early 520ies (from: --/--/521 to: --/--/525)
Relationship Quality	support
Notes	Letter by John and the bishops addressed to the monks

Person 1	Ioannes of Ephesus
Person 2	70 Amidene monks
Date	529 (from: --/--/529 to: --/--/--)
Relationship Quality	support
Notes	joint visitors of John of Tella