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Exile Cases

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Returned

Relationships

Office

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Anthimus of Constantinople (male) mid fourth century (from: --/--/535 to: --/--/548)
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536 - 548 (from: --/--/536 to: --/--/548)

Constantinopolis [Istanbul]

Monastery in the palace of Hormisdas [Boukoleon Palace]

yes

Theodora (empress)

Interaction Date	536 (from: --/--/536 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Constantinopolis [Istanbul]
Office	Empress
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	support

Responsible for exile (or exile threat)
Yes

Empress (536)

Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus

Interaction Date	548 (from: --/--/548 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Constantinopolis [Istanbul]
Office	Emperor
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	support

Responsible for return
Yes

Emperor (548)

Agapitus of Rome

Interaction Date	536 (from: --/--/536 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Constantinopolis [Istanbul]
Office	Bishop of Rome
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	conflict

Responsible for exile (or exile threat)
Yes

Bishop of Rome (536)

Menas of Constantinople

Interaction Date	536 (from: --/--/536 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Constantinopolis [Istanbul]
Office	Bishop
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)	'catholic'
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	conflict

Successor in post
Yes

Bishop (536)

Ioannes of Ephesus, Vitae Sanctorum Orientalium 48 (PO 18, 686-7) Liber Pontificalis 59 (Duchesne)

Gaianus of Alexandria (male) mid sixth century (from: --/--/536 to: --/--/536)
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536 - ? (from: --/--/536 to: --/--/--)

Alexandria [Alexandria]

Carthago [Carthage]

unknown

Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus

Interaction Date	536 (from: --/--/536 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location
Office	Emperor
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	conflict

Responsible for exile (or exile threat)
Yes

Emperor (536)

Theodora (empress)

Interaction Date	536 (from: --/--/536 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location
Office	Empress
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	conflict

Responsible for exile (or exile threat)
Yes

Empress (536)

Theodosius of Alexandria

Interaction Date	536 (from: --/--/536 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Alexandria [Alexandria]
Office	Bishop
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	conflict

Successor in post
Yes

Bishop (536)

Narsis

Interaction Date	536 (from: --/--/536 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Alexandria [Alexandria]
Office	cubicularius
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	conflict

Responsible for exile (or exile threat)
Yes

cubicularius (536)

Gaianitians in Alexandria

Interaction Date	536 (from: --/--/536 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Alexandria [Alexandria]
Office
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	unknown
Relationship Quality	support

Other Interaction Type
Yes (demand return)

(536)

Dioscorus

Interaction Date	536 (from: --/--/536 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Alexandria [Alexandria]
Office	praefectus augustalis
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	unknown
Relationship Quality	conflict

Responsible for exile (or exile threat)
Yes

praefectus augustalis (536)

Liberatus, Breviarium 20 (ACO 2.5:135) Historia patriarcharum Alexandrinorum 1.13 (PO 1:455-461) Victor of Tunnuna, chronica 540 (MGH AA 11:199)

Priscus (male) early sixth century (from: --/--/529 to: --/--/529)
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529 - ? (from: --/--/529 to: --/--/--)

Constantinopolis [Istanbul]

Cyzikus [Erdek/Bandirma]

unknown

Theodora (empress)

Interaction Date	529 (from: --/--/529 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location
Office	Empress
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	conflict

Responsible for exile (or exile threat)	Other Interaction Type
Yes	Yes (responsible for property confiscation)

Empress (529)

Procopius, anecdota 16.7-10 (Loeb 190) Malalas, chronica 18.43 (Dindorf 449) and fr. 45 Theophanes, AM 6026

Theodosius of Alexandria (male) mid sixth century, died 5/6/567 (from: --/--/536 to: 5/6/567)
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536 - 5/6/567 (from: --/--/536 to: 5/6/567)

Alexandria [Alexandria]

Fortress Derkos [n/a]

Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus

Interaction Date	536 (from: --/--/536 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location
Office	Emperor
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	conflict

Responsible for exile (or exile threat)
Yes

Emperor (536)

Theodora (empress)

Interaction Date	536 and later (from: --/--/536 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Constantinopolis [Istanbul]
Office	Empress
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	support, conflict

Responsible for exile (or exile threat)	Responsible for moving exile to a different location	Giver of benefaction to exile
Yes	Yes	Yes (food, money, )

Empress (536 and later)

Paulus of Alexandria

Interaction Date	536 (from: --/--/536 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Alexandria [Alexandria]
Office	Abbot
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	conflict

Successor in post
Yes

Abbot (536)

Ioannes of Ephesus

Interaction Date	after 536 (from: --/--/536 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Fortress Derkos [n/a]
Office
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	support

Visitor	Hagiographer
Yes	Yes

(after 536)

300 of the clergy of Theodosius

Interaction Date	536 and later (from: --/--/536 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Fortress Derkos [n/a]
Office
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	support

Companion
Yes

(536 and later)

Z'ura

Interaction Date	536 and later (from: --/--/536 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Fortress Derkos [n/a]
Office
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	support

Companion
Yes

(536 and later)

Ioannes of Hephaistopolis

Interaction Date	536 and later (from: --/--/-- to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Fortress Derkos [n/a]
Office
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	support

Companion
Yes

Interaction Date	after 536 (from: --/--/536 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Monastery in the palace of Hormisdas [Boukoleon Palace]
Office
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	support

Companion
Yes

Interaction Date	after 536 (from: --/--/536 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Sykai [Karaköy]
Office
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	support

Companion
Yes

(536 and later)
(after 536)
(after 536)

Anthimus of Constantinople

Interaction Date	c. 536 (from: --/--/536 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Constantinopolis [Istanbul]
Office	Bishop
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	support

Responsible for return
Yes

Bishop (c. 536)

Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus

Interaction Date	536 (from: --/--/536 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location
Office	Emperor
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	conflict

Responsible for exile (or exile threat)
Yes

Emperor (536)

Ioannes of Ephesus, Life of Z’ura (PO 17:35) Ioannes of Ephesus, Life of John of Hephaistopolis (PO 18:528-529) Ioannes of Ephesus, Vitae Sanctorum Orientalium 48, 50 (PO 18, 685, 688; PO 19:155) Historia patriarcharum Alexandrinorum 2.13 (PO 1:457) Victor of Tunnuna, chronica 540 (MGH AA 11:199) Liberatus, Breviarium 20, 23 (ACO 2.5:135, 138)

300 of the clergy of Theodosius (male) mid sixth century (from: --/--/536 to: --/--/536)
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536 - ? (from: --/--/536 to: --/--/--)

Alexandria [Alexandria]

Fortress Derkos [n/a]

unknown

Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus

Interaction Date	536 (from: --/--/536 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location
Office	Emperor
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	conflict

Responsible for exile (or exile threat)
Yes

Emperor (536)

Theodora (empress)

Interaction Date	536 and later (from: --/--/536 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location
Office	Empress
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	conflict

Responsible for exile (or exile threat)	Giver of benefaction to exile
Yes	Yes (food, money, )

Empress (536 and later)

Ioannes of Ephesus

Interaction Date	after 536 (from: --/--/536 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Fortress Derkos [n/a]
Office
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	support

Visitor	Hagiographer
Yes	Yes

(after 536)

Z'ura

Interaction Date	536 and later (from: --/--/536 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Fortress Derkos [n/a]
Office
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	support

Companion
Yes

(536 and later)

Ioannes of Hephaistopolis

Interaction Date	536 and later (from: --/--/536 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Fortress Derkos [n/a]
Office
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	support

Companion
Yes

(536 and later)

Ioannes of Ephesus, Life of Z’ura (PO 17:35) Ioannes of Ephesus, Life of John of Hephaistopolis (PO 18:528-529)

Z'ura (male) mid sixth century (from: --/--/536 to: --/--/536)
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536 - ? (from: --/--/536 to: --/--/--)

Alexandria [Alexandria]

Fortress Derkos [n/a]

unknown

Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus

Interaction Date	536 (from: --/--/536 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location
Office	Emperor
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	conflict

Responsible for exile (or exile threat)
Yes

Emperor (536)

Theodora (empress)

Interaction Date	536 and later (from: --/--/536 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location
Office	Empress
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	support, conflict

Responsible for exile (or exile threat)	Giver of benefaction to exile
Yes	Yes (food, money, )

Empress (536 and later)

Hananya the presbyter

Interaction Date	536 - ? (from: --/--/536 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Fortress Derkos [n/a]
Office	presbyter
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	support

Companion
Yes

presbyter (536 - ?)

Ioannes of Ephesus

Interaction Date	after 536 (from: --/--/536 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location
Office
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	support

Visitor	Hagiographer
Yes	Yes

(after 536)

Ioannes of Hephaistopolis

Interaction Date	536 and later (from: --/--/536 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Fortress Derkos [n/a]
Office
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	support

Companion
Yes

(536 and later)

Ioannes of Ephesus, Life of Z’ura (PO 17:35) Ioannes of Ephesus, Life of John of Hephaistopolis (PO 18:528-529)

Ioannes Chrysostomos (male) c. 349 (from: --/--/349 to: 14/9/407)
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403 (from: --/--/403 to: --/10/403)

Constantinopolis [Istanbul]

yes

Aelia Eudoxia

Interaction Date	403 (from: --/--/403 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location
Office	Empress
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	support, conflict

Host	Correspondent	Responsible for return	Other Interaction Type
Yes	Yes (writer of letter)	Yes	Yes (charge of insult)

Empress (403)

Crowd in Constantinople

Interaction Date	403 (from: --/--/403 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Constantinopolis [Istanbul]
Office
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	unknown
Relationship Quality	support

Other Interaction Type	Receiver of benefaction from exile
Yes (demonstration)	Yes (preaching, )

(403)

Theophilus of Alexandria

Interaction Date	403 (from: --/--/403 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Constantinopolis [Istanbul]
Office	Bishop
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	conflict

Responsible for exile (or exile threat)
Yes

Bishop (403)

Chief of police in Constantinople

Interaction Date	403 (from: --/--/403 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Constantinopolis [Istanbul]
Office	kouriosos
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	conflict

Military Escort
Yes

kouriosos (403)

Military escort in Constantinople

Interaction Date	403 (from: --/--/403 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Constantinopolis [Istanbul]
Office	kouriosos
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	conflict

Military Escort
Yes

kouriosos (403)

Severianus of Gabala

Interaction Date	403 (from: --/--/403 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Constantinopolis [Istanbul]
Office	Bishop
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	conflict

Responsible for exile (or exile threat)
Yes

Bishop (403)

Brison

Interaction Date	403 (from: --/--/403 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Prainetos [Karamürsel]
Office	cubicularius
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	support

Messenger
Yes

cubicularius (403)

three groups of imperial messengers

Interaction Date	403 (from: --/--/403 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Prainetos [Karamürsel]
Office
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	support

Messenger
Yes

(403)

Innocentius of Rome

Interaction Date	10/403 (from: --/10/403 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Roma [Rome]
Office	Bishop of Rome
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	support

Correspondent
Yes (receiver of letter)

Bishop of Rome (10/403)

notarius in Constantinople

Interaction Date	10/403 (from: --/10/403 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Constantinopolis [Istanbul]
Office	notarius
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	support

Military Escort
Yes

notarius (10/403)

more than thirty bishops in Constantinople

Interaction Date	10/403 (from: --/10/403 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Constantinopolis [Istanbul]
Office	Bishop
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	support

Military Escort
Yes

Bishop (10/403)

sources according to J.N.D. Kelly, Golden Mouth, The story of John Chrysostom - ascetic, preacher, bishop, London 1996

Ioannes of Ephesus (male) c. 507 - c. 588 (from: --/--/507 to: --/--/588)
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571 - c. 589 (from: --/--/571 to: --/--/589)

Constantinopolis [Istanbul]

Imperial palace of Constantinople [Palace of Constantinople]

Iustinus II

Interaction Date	571 (from: --/--/571 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Constantinopolis [Istanbul]
Office	Emperor
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	conflict

Responsible for exile (or exile threat)	Giver of benefaction to exile
Yes	Yes

Emperor (571)

Paulus of Antioch

Interaction Date	after 571 (from: --/--/571 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Imperial palace of Constantinople [Palace of Constantinople]
Office
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	support

Companion
Yes

(after 571)

Young attendant in Constantinople

Interaction Date	after 571 (from: --/--/571 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Imperial palace of Constantinople [Palace of Constantinople]
Office
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	support

Visitor
Yes

(after 571)

Syncellus of the patriarch in Constantinople

Interaction Date	after 571 (from: --/--/571 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Imperial palace of Constantinople [Palace of Constantinople]
Office	syncellus
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	support

Visitor
Yes

syncellus (after 571)

Servant of Ioannes of Ephesus

Interaction Date	after 571 (from: --/--/571 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Imperial palace of Constantinople [Palace of Constantinople]
Office
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	support

Visitor
Yes

(after 571)

Guard of Ioannes of Ephesus

Interaction Date	after 571 (from: --/--/571 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Imperial palace of Constantinople [Palace of Constantinople]
Office
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	conflict?

Guard	Visitor
Yes	Yes

(after 571)

Ioannes of Sirmium

Interaction Date	571 (from: --/--/571 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location
Office	Bishop
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	conflict

Responsible for exile (or exile threat)
Yes

Bishop (571)

Eutychius of Constantinople

Interaction Date	after 571 (from: --/--/571 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Constantinopolis [Istanbul]
Office	Bishop
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	conflict

Other Interaction Type
Yes (property confiscation)

Bishop (after 571)

Aelia Sophia

Interaction Date	(from: --/--/571 to: --/--/572)
Interaction Location	Imperial palace of Constantinople [Palace of Constantinople]
Office	Empress
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	support

Giver of benefaction to exile
Yes

Empress

Ioannes of Ephesus, historia ecclesiastica 1.17, 2.4-7, 41, 44, 50 Michael Syrus 10.6, 18 (Chabot 2:300, 303, 349)

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