Scholasticus was an exarch of Ravenna (713-726). In 713 he was appointed as exarch, the same year Anastasius became Byzantine Emperor, and overthrew the Monothelite Emperor Philippicus. Scholasticus was charged with giving a letter to Pope Constantine, which described Anastasius` allegiance to orthodoxy, helping to heal the rift between Rome and .... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholasticus