Death and Grave
He died in Cyprus somewhere between 616 and 620, and his body was moved to Constantinople, then in 1249 to Venice. Another relic of him was sent by Sultan Bayezid II in 1489 to King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary. It was placed in the private Royal Chapel in Buda Castle which was dedicated to him. Now his body lies in the St. John the Merciful Chapel in the St. Martin's Cathedral in Bratislava, Slovakia.
A biography was written by his contemporary Leontios of Neapolis. There is a church dedicated to him in Venice, the Chiesa di San Giovanni Elemosinario, but his relics are preserved in another church, San Giovanni in Bragora in a separate chapel.
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