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Saint John IV (died 17 December 849), called the Peacemaker and known in Italian as Giovanni d'Acquarola or Giovanni Scriba, 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. He also assisted Duke Andrew II in negotiating the Pactum Sicardi, an economic treaty, with Sicard, Prince of Benevento.
He is one of the patron saints of Naples and his feast day is 22 June.
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