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John, Archbishop of Thessalonica. In the signatures of the fathers of the VI Ecumenical Council (680), in 6th place it is written: “John, by the grace of God, Bishop of Thessalonica, vicar of the apostolic see of Rome and legate” (Mansi XI, p. 640 E; cf. 669. 688). In the acts of the VII Ecumenical Council, a fragment of his dialogue between a Christian and a pagan is preserved, where the veneration of the icons of saints and God is defended, since He revealed Himself to people; some physicality is also attributed to Angels. This passage was read at the 5th meeting of the VII Ecumenical Council (Mansi XIII, 164 ff.). Whether the subsequent dialogue against the Jews (Mansi XIII, 165) belongs to him is difficult to prove. The speech Εἰ᾿ς τὰς μυροφόρους γυναῖκας, which Minh (ser. gr. LIХ, 635) and Combefis (Auctar. nov. I, 791 under the title. De resurrectione) placed under the name of Chrysostom, has many similarities the devil with John's speech Εἰ᾿ς τὴν κοίμησιν ὑπεραγίας It was published in its entirety only in the ancient Slavic translation † by prof. A. N. Popov in “Bibliographical Materials”, Moscow 1879, pp. 40–65, and excerpts of the original in Tischendorf’s Arosalypses apocryphae (Leipzig 1866). This speech is closely related to the De dormitione Mariae of pseudo-John and sometimes bears his name. Under the name of John of Thessalonica is also known Quin, Or. II, 42).