John Malalas
Both John the Lydian and Zacharias Rhetor report that John was a native of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Procopius, John Malalas, the "Chronicon Paschale", and Zacharias called him "John the Cappadocian" for disambiguation reasons, as the name John (Ioannes in Greek and Johannes in Latin) was widely used by his time. John the Lydian and John Malalas at times mention him only as "the Cappadocian". His family connections are obscure and only two relatives are known with certainty. Those are his only daughter Euphemia and a kinsman called Ioannes Maxilloplumacius.