John the Deacon (Johannes Diaconus or Giovanni Diacono) may refer to: *

John the Deacon (6th century) John the Deacon ('' fl.'' 500) was a deacon in the Church of Rome during the pontificate of Pope Symmachus (498–514). He is known only from an epistle he wrote to a Senarius, a ''vir illustris'' who had asked him to explain aspects of Christi ...

, letter writer from Rome *

John the Deacon (Egyptian chronicler) John the Deacon was a Monophysite Egyptian chronicler whose ''Life of the Patriarch Michael'', finished ''c.''768–70, is the most important source for Christian Nubia in the first half of the eighth century.P. L. Shinnie (1986), "Christian Nubia" ...

, ''ca.'' 768, monk * Johannes Hymonides, d. before 882, known as John the Deacon of Rome *

John the Deacon (Neapolitan historian) John the Deacon (d. after 910) was a religious writer and deacon, or head of a diaconate at the church of Saint Januarius in Naples. He flourished towards the end of the ninth and the beginning of the tenth century, and from his writings appears to ...

, d. after 910 *

John the Deacon (Venetian chronicler) John the Deacon ( it, Giovanni Diacono or ''Giovanni da Venezia''; 940–45 – died after 1018) was a Venetian deacon, secretary to the doge of Venice and a chronicler. The Venetian chronicle According to the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913): Th ...

, d. after 1008 * John the Deacon (Byzantine writer), ''fl.'' 11th century; ''On the veneration of saints''. *

John the Deacon of the Lateran John, known as canon of the Lateran or deacon of the Lateran (''fl.'' 12th century), was a medieval Roman deacon, canon and religious chronicler. John lived in the second half of the 12th century, and served as a deacon and canon of the Basilica of ...

, ''fl.'' 12th century

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