John IV (bishop of Naples)

Saint John IV (died 17 December 849), called the Peacemaker and known in Italian as Giovanni d'Acquarola or Giovanni Scriba,^[1] succeeded Tiberius as Bishop of Naples from 26 February 842 until his death.

He had the relics of Aspren translated to a chapel in the church of Santa Restituta in Naples.^[2] He also assisted Duke Andrew II in negotiating the Pactum Sicardi, an economic treaty, with Sicard, Prince of Benevento.^[3]

He is one of the patron saints of Naples and his feast day is 22 June.^[4]^[5]

References

^ Flavia De Rubeis, "Giovanni Scriba, santo", Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, 56 (Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2001).
^ "Sant' Aspreno di Napoli". Santi e Beati. 19 April 2002. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
^ Skinner, Patricia (2013). Medieval Amalfi and Its Diaspora, 800–1250. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 114. ISBN 9780199646272.
^ Bunson, M. (2003). Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints. Our Sunday Visitor. p. 455. ISBN 978-1-931709-75-0.
^ The Book of Saints, St. Augustine's Abbey (Ramsgate, England), A. & C. Black, 1921, p. 151

[DBI-1] Flavia De Rubeis, "Giovanni Scriba, santo", Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, 56 (Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2001).

[2] "Sant' Aspreno di Napoli". Santi e Beati. 19 April 2002. Retrieved 29 August 2008.

[3] Skinner, Patricia (2013). Medieval Amalfi and Its Diaspora, 800–1250. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 114. ISBN 9780199646272.

[4] Bunson, M. (2003). Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints. Our Sunday Visitor. p. 455. ISBN 978-1-931709-75-0.

[5] The Book of Saints, St. Augustine's Abbey (Ramsgate, England), A. & C. Black, 1921, p. 151

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