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St. John of Ravenna

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Feastday: January 12
Death: 494

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Bishop of Ravenna, Italy, who saved his people from the fury of Attila the Hun . John served as bishop from 452 to 494. He also faced the Ostrogoths, under King Theodoric the Great, who invaded the region and became the chief political power in the years following the final deposition of the Roman emperors in the West in 476.

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