[1] Zoora's life is known mainly from the hagiography written by his contemporary, John of Ephesus, who probably met him in Constantinople around 536.
[b] By this time he was renowned locally and arrived in Constantinople with an entourage of ten disciples.
He probably had little or no formal education; his spiritual authority and parrhesia (forthrightness) stemmed from his strict asceticism.
[4] She established him in the posh district of Sykai, where he officiated at baptisms and celebrated the Miaphysite liturgy, otherwise illegal in the empire.
[4] He also reportedly set up 100 tables a day to feed the poor, which contributed immensely to his popularity.
[8] John of Ephesus claimed that the fame of Zoora drew Pope Agapetus I to Constantinople in 536.
[10] According to John, the pope's sudden death on April 22 was a result of a curse placed on him by Zoora.