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Saint John

Saint John or St. John may refer to:

People

Saints

John the Baptist, preacher, ascetic and baptizer of Jesus Christ
John the Apostle, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus
John the Evangelist, author of the Fourth Gospel, traditionally identified with the Apostle
John of Patmos, author of the Book of Revelation, traditionally identified with the Apostle and Evangelist
See Saints Cyrus and John for John the Wonderworking Unmercenary (d. ca. 304), Egyptian or Mesopotamian healer
Saint John (d. 366), Persian priest martyred with Abda and Abdjesus
Saint John of Egypt (d. 394), Egyptian hermit
Saint John Chrysostom (347-407), Antiochene Archbishop of Constantinople
Saint John Cassian (ca. 360-435), probably Scythia-Minor priest and abbot
Pope John I (d. 526), Italian pope
Saint John of Ephesus (ca. 507-ca. 586), Syriac bishop
Saint John Climacus (ca. 525-606), Syrian or Byzantine monk and abbot
Saint John the Merciful (d. ca. 620), Cyprian Patriarch of Alexandria
Saint John of Beverley (d. 721), Angle bishop
Saint John of Damascus (ca. 676-749), Syrian monk and priest - also known as John Damascene
Saint John of Pavia (d. 813), Bishop of Pavia
Saint John of Rila (876-ca. 946), Bulgarian priest and hermit
Saint John of Meda (d. 1159), Italian priest
Saint John of Matha (1154-1213), French priest; founder of the Trinitarian Order
Saint John The New (:ro:Sfântul Ioan cel Nou), Patron Saint of Moldavia, killed 1330 at Cetatea Albă
Saint John of Nepomuk (ca. 1345-1393), Bohemian vicar general of Jan of Jenštejn
Saint Giovanni da Capistrano (1386-1456), Italian friar; summoner of European troops for the 1456 siege of Belgrade
Saint John Fisher (ca. 1469-1535), English cardinal and martyr
Saint John Houghton (martyr) (ca. 1486-1535), English abbot and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
Saint John Stone (martyr) (d. 1538/1539), English friar and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
Saint John of God (1495-1550), Portuguese friar; founder of the Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God
Saint John of Avila (1500-1569), Spanish Jewish converso priest, missionary and mystic
Saint John Payne (martyr) (1532-1582), English priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
Saint John Jones (martyr) (d. 1598), Welsh priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
Saint John Leonardi (1541-1609), Italian priest; founder of the Clerks Regular of the Mother of God of Lucca
Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591), Spanish Jewish converso friar, priest and mystic; joint founder of the Discalced Carmelites
Saint John Boste (ca. 1544-1594), English priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
Saint John Rigby (martyr) (ca. 1570-1600), English martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
Saint John Roberts (martyr) (1575/1576-1610), Welsh priest, Prior of St. Gregory's and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales); founder of St. Gregory's
Saint John Sarkander (1576-1620), Polish priest and martyr
Saint John Ogilvie (1579-1615), Scottish priest and martyr
Saint John Southworth (martyr) (1592-1654), English priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
Saint Jean de Brébeuf (1593-1649), French missionary and martyr (one of the North American Martyrs)
Saint John Kemble (martyr) (1599-1679), English priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
Saint John Wall (1620-1679), English priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
Saint John Plessington (ca. 1637-1679), English priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales) - also known as John Plesington, William Scarisbrick and William Pleasington
See Saints Philip Evans and John Lloyd for Saint John Lloyd (d. 1679), Welsh priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle (1651-1719), French priest; founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
Saint John Joseph of the Cross (1654-1739), Ischian friar, priest and Vicar Provincial of the Alcantarine Reform in Italy
Saint John Dat (ca. 1765-1798), Vietnamese priest and martyr
Saint Jean Vianney (1786-1859), French priest
Saint John Hoan Trinh Doan (ca. 1789/1798-1861), Vietnamese priest and martyr
Saint John Thanh Van Dinh (1796-1840), Vietnamese martyr
Saint John Baptist Con (1805-1840), Vietnamese martyr
Saint Jean-Charles Cornay (1809-1837), French priest, missionary and martyr (one of the Vietnamese Martyrs)
Saint John Baptist Chon Chang-Un (ca. 1810-1866), one of the Korean Martyrs
Saint John Neumann (1811-1860), Bohemian missionary, American Provincial Superior of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer and Bishop of Philadelphia; founder of the first American Catholic diocesan school system
Saint John Bosco (1815-1888), Italian priest and educator; founder of the Salesians of Don Bosco and the Salesian Cooperators
Saint John Baptist Nam Chong-Sam (ca. 1816-1866), one of the Korean Martyrs
Saint Jean-Louis Bonnard (1824-1852), French priest, missionary and martyr (one of the Vietnamese Martyrs)
Saint John of Kronstadt (1829-1908), Russian archpriest and synod member
Saint Jean-Théophane Vénard (1829-1861), French priest, missionary and martyr (one of the Vietnamese Martyrs)
Saint John the New Martyr of China (Metrophanes, Chi Sung), killed in the Boxer Rebellion, 1900
See Abraham, Ethnus, Acrates, James, and John for Saint John (era unknown), Ethiopian martyr
Saint John of Samanoud (era unknown), fellow Egyptian martyr of James of Manug
See Abraham and Onesimus of Kiev for Saint John of Kiev, Russian infant

In other languages

Sant Joan (disambiguation) (Catalan)
Saint-Jean (disambiguation) (French)
Sankt Johann (disambiguation) (German)
Agios Ioannis (disambiguation) (Greek)
San Giovanni (disambiguation) (Italian)
São João (disambiguation) (Portuguese)
San Juan (disambiguation) (Spanish)

Places

Canada

Saint John, New Brunswick
Saint John (electoral district), federal electoral district in New Brunswick
Saint John River (New Brunswick), in New Brunswick and Maine (United States)
Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint John, New Brunswick
Fort St. John, British Columbia
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec also known as St. John in English

United Kingdom

St John, Cornwall, England, a village near Millbrook
St John, Hackney (parish), England
St. John, Powys, Wales
Saint John, Jersey, a parish on Jersey

United States

St. John, Indiana
St. John, Kansas
St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana
Saint John Plantation, Maine
St. John, Missouri
St. John, North Dakota
Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands
St. John, Washington
Saint John River (New Brunswick), Maine and New Brunswick (Canada)
The Basilica of Saint John The Evangelist, Connecticut

Others

Saint John Parish, Antigua and Barbuda
Saint John Parish, Barbados
Saint John Parish, Dominica
Saint John Parish, Grenada
Saint John Parish, Tobago
San Ġwann, Malta (also known as Saint John)

Other uses

Knights of St. John
St. John Ambulance
St. John Publications, a defunct American magazine and comics publisher.
Venerable Order of Saint John
York St John University
St John (restaurant), Smithfield, London
St. John (clothing), an upscale, luxury American fashion brand
St. John Catholic School, Toronto
Patricia St. John, British writer
Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint John's - Basseterre

Source: Wikipedia

Translation

The phrase "Saint John" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German, Dutch, Polish, Simple English, Swedish, Volapük.

Translation(s) in other languages: Czech: Svatý Jan, French: Saint Jean, Lithuanian: Sent Džonas, Hungarian: Szent János, Japanese: セントジョン, Norwegian (Bokmål): St. John, Portuguese: Saint John (desambiguação), Russian: Святой Иоанн, Slovak: Svätý Ján, Serbian: Свети Јован (вишезначна одредница), Thai: นักบุญจอห์น, Chinese: 聖約翰.


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