St. John Chrysostom was exiled after a synod convened in 403 by Theophilus, the powerful archbishop of Alexandria, indicted him on a number of charges, many of which were frivolous or vexatious. Before the synod John had angered the wealthy and influential with his teachings on the misuse of riches during his tenure as archbishop of Constantinople. John refused to appear before the synod, which condemned him and professed to depose him from his see. He was then banished by the Eastern Roman emperor Arcadius, recalled at once, and finally banished again the following year. He was kept in confinement in Armenia and died in 407 while being transported to a remote place at the eastern end of the Black Sea.
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