Ecclesiastical Chronicle, Volume 3

...Simeon Barsabae original: "Simeon Bar-Sabba'e" full... in the year 316. Diocletian died 368 original: "316". And in that year... The bishops of Antioch gathered, and he did not come to them. And the bishops said that he did not go to the synod. Rather, he sent his disciple Simeon Barsabae. And after nine years of the synod of Nicaea, the Eastern bishops gathered and contended against Papas, the perfect one... the causes that brought destruction and failures. And Cotelius original: "Cotelius/Cateleus" was among them, accusing him. He, when he could not cleanse himself of the soul, he did not speak... he raised his hand and struck the holy Gospel that was lying upon the throne again and said: "Speak, if you have a word, for I have been deprived of the power of speech." And in that hour, his right hand withered. And where the bishops, when they saw, marveled that he should be separated... the Easterners... they took them. And others say that they did not finish. That the bishops said that the punishment was enough for him.

318 Fathers, which was held at Nicaea in the year 636 (Christ 325), fifty-nine years after his ordination. Some assert that he was ordained at that synod, but falsely; others, on the contrary, think that he did not go to the synod, but that his disciple Simeon was sent by him.

Nine years after the Council of Nicaea, the Eastern bishops gathered and brought many complaints against this Papas, because of the disturbances that had invaded ecclesiastical affairs through his negligence, and furthermore they accused him of shameful crimes. He, however, when he could not in any way purge himself of the crimes objected, brought out his hand and struck the holy Gospel which was lying upon the throne beside him, saying: "Speak, if indeed you have a word, for the power of speaking has been taken from me." And at that same moment his right hand withered². Some report that he was deposed by the bishops who were observing the matter, because their accusations had already been proven; others, on the contrary, say that he was not deposed, but that the bishops said that the punishment divinely inflicted upon him was enough.

Footnote 1: It is even doubted whether that John was truly the bishop of Persia; for some assign him to a city of Mesopotamia that was called Persa. Assemanus, Bibliotheca Orientalis, III, part I, 612, reports that Papas gathered a synod in the year of Christ 314, survived the synod 12 years, and died in the year 326; Amr reports that Papas was ordained in the year of Christ 247, not 266 as Barhebraeus has it, and held the see for 79 years. Thus, nothing certain can yet be established in chronological matters.
Footnote 2: These things are reported more fully in the Acts of Saint Milles. See Steph. Ev. Assemanus, Acta martyrum orientalium, I, 72.