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John Ioubes () was a
Byzantine The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived the events that caused the fall of the Western Roman E ...
official (qualified as ''illoustrios'') in the middle of the 10th century at
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. He is known from the
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of St. Luke the Stylite. According to it, his pregnant wife was in pain for 22 days but could not give birth, until they called upon the saint's help. He is likely a descendant of Ioube (Ἰούβη, Hellenized form of Ayyub), an Arab whose sons, Niketas and
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, came to Byzantium as prisoners and entered imperial service. This Arab origin is likely why the text of the hagiography records that the surname "Ioubes" was used derisively.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:John Ioubes 10th-century Byzantine government officials Byzantine people of Arab descent