Category:John (Yovhannēs), Archbishop of Sis

John (Yovhannēs, also Hovannes of Armenia), Bishop of Mavleon, then Archbishop of Sis. He was a younger half-brother of King Hethum I (ruled 1226-1270) of Cilician Armenia. Father was Constantine of Baberon, mother was named Biatr. He appears as an older man ordaining a deacon in his "Gospel Book of the Archbishop John" (1289) The bottom of his tunic displays an ornate Chinese dragon Reference

"Archbishop John, the youngest half-brother of King Hetum I, appears as an old man ordaining a deacon in this Gospel Book made for his own use. The hem of his tunic displays an ornate Central Asian Chinese dragon motif from Mongol-controlled lands. The dragon and the fleur-de-lis on his earlier portrait in the Marshal Oshin Gospel Book exemplify Cilicia’s role as a major conduit of trade between the East and West under the Pax Mongolica." Reference