Pope Saint John I

Pope Saint John I was born in Tuscany, Italy. He joined the Roman clergy at a young age, and was elected a Pope while he is still a deacon in the year 523. Soon afterwards, he visited Emperor Justin in Constantinople as an Ambassador of Arians from discrimination. The Pope was Greeted with Enthusiasm by the people of Constantinople, and persuaded the Emperor to mitigate his treatment of the Heretics in order to avoid reprisals against the Catholics in Italy. However, Theodoric was displeased at the outcome of the embassy, and became suspicious of the Pope. On his return in 526, he was cast into prison in Ravenna, where he died a few days later from an ill-treatment.