John I, Pope and martyr (+ 526)

Biography

He was elected Pope in the year 523. Theodoric, Arian king, launched a persecution against all those who held the true Catholic faith about Christ. Pope John was one of the first to be punished: first he was sent by the king to Constantinople with an embassy destined to fail; Later, also by order of the king, he was confined in a prison in Ravenna, where he died of hunger. We must demonstrate our fidelity to the Church even in adverse environments.