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Hierarch · 8th century

Saint John Bishop of the Goths in the Crimea

Also known as John of Gothia

A bishop of the Gothic Christians of the Crimea who upheld the veneration of the holy icons against the iconoclasts and suffered imprisonment and exile for the faith.

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Notes

Region (Crimea) mapped to Scythia, the nearest controlled term. Also commemorated Jun 26.

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints