At Ravenna in Flaminia, Saint John, bishop, who, while all Italy was being shaken by the Lombard war, provided most excellently for the needs of the Church, as Saint Gregory the Great, the pope, bears witness, who sent to him the book of the Pastoral Rule.
January 19th
Saint John of Ravenna
Latin Original
Ravénnz in Flamínia, sancti Ioánnis, epíscopi, qui dum bello Jangobárdico tota quatiebátur Itália, Ecclesiae necessitátibus óptime provídit, sancto Gregório papa Magno teste, qui ad eum librum Régulze pastorális misit.