Saint John

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Saint John or St. John usually refers to John the Apostle of the Bible.

Saint John may also refer to:

People

• St John (name), a given name and a family name (including a list of persons with the name)
• John the Evangelist (born 1st century), presumed author of the Fourth Gospel, traditionally identified with John the Apostle
• John of Patmos, author of the Book of Revelation, traditionally identified with John the Apostle and Evangelist
• John (saint), an Ethiopian martyr and a saint
• John the Baptist, preacher, ascetic (c. 5 BC – c. 30 AD), and reported baptizer of Jesus Christ
• John the Wonderworking Unmercenary (d. c. 304), Egyptian or Mesopotamian healer
• John Chrysostom (c. 340 – 407), Antiochene Archbishop of Constantinople
• John Cassian (360 – 435), probably Scythia-Minor priest and abbot
• John and Paul (d. 362), Roman martyrs
• John of Egypt (d. 394), Egyptian hermit
• John the Silent (452-558), Bishop of Taxara
• Pope John I (died 526), Italian pope
• John of Ephesus (507-586), Syrian ecclesiastical historian
• John Climacus (525–606), Syrian or Byzantine monk and abbot
• John Scholasticus (died 577), 32nd Patriarch of Constantinople
• Patriarch John IV of Constantinople (d. 595), also known as John the Faster, first Ecumenical Patriarch
• John the Merciful (died c. 610), Cyprian Patriarch of Alexandria
• John of Damascus (676–749), Syrian monk and priest, also known as John Damascene
• John of Beverley (died 721), Angle bishop
• John of Pavia (died 813), Bishop of Pavia
• John of Rila (876–946), Bulgarian priest and hermit
• John Gualbert (985-1073), Founder of the Vallumbrosan Order
• John Theristus (1049-1129), Italian benedictine monk
• John of Pulsano (1070-1139), or Giovanni di Matera, Italian abbot
• John of the Grating (1098-1168), Bishop of Aleth
• John of Matha (1160–1213), French priest; founder of the Trinitarian Order
• John of Meda (died 1159), Italian priest
• John Kukuzelis (1280-1360), Bulgarian composer, singer and reformer
• John of Nepomuk (1340–1393), Bohemian vicar general of Jan of Jenštejn
• Giovanni da Capistrano (1386–1456), Italian friar; summoner of European troops for the 1456 siege of Belgrade
• John Cantius (1390-1473), Polish priest and theologian
• John of Sahagún (1419-1479) Spanish priest
• John Fisher (c. 1460 – 1535), English cardinal and martyr
• Juan Diego (1474-1548), first Native-American saint
• John Houghton (martyr) (c. 1480 – 1535), English abbot and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
• John de Ribera (1532-1611), or Juan de Ribera, Bishop of Valencia
• John Stone (martyr) (died 1539 / died 1539), English friar and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
• John of God (1495–1550), Portuguese friar; founder of the Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God
• John of Avila (1500–1569), Spanish Jewish converso priest, missionary and mystic
• John Payne (martyr) (1532–1582), English priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
• John Leonardi (1541–1609), Italian priest; founder of the Clerks Regular of the Mother of God of Lucca
• John of the Cross (1542–1591), Spanish Jewish converso friar, priest and mystic; joint founder of the Discalced Carmelites
• John Boste (c. 1540 – 1594), English priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
• John Rigby (martyr) (c. 1570 – 1600), English martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
• John Roberts (martyr) (c. 1570 – 1610 / c. 1570 – 1610), Welsh priest, Prior of Saint Gregory's (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
• John Sarkander (1576–1620), Polish priest and martyr
• John Ogilvie (saint) (1579–1615), Scottish priest and martyr
• John Jones (martyr) (16th century – 1598), Welsh priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
• John Macias (1585-1645), Spanish missionary
• John Southworth (martyr) (1592–1654), English priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
• Jean de Brébeuf (1593–1649), French missionary and martyr (one of the North American Martyrs)
• John Francis Regis (1597-1640), French priest
• John Kemble (martyr) (1599–1679), English priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
• John Berchmans (1599-1621) Flemish seminarian
• John Eudes (1601-1680), or Jean Eudes, French priest and founder of the Congregation of Jesus and Mary
• Jean de Lalande (1615-1646), French missionary and martyr (one of the North American Martyrs)
• John Wall (priest and martyr) (1620–1679), English priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
• John Plessington (c. 1630 – 1679), English priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
• John de Brito (1647-1693), Portuguese missionary and martyr
• John of Tobolsk (1651-1715), Metropolitan of Tobolsk
• Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651–1719), French priest; founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
• John Joseph of the Cross (1654–1739), Ischian friar, priest and Vicar Provincial of the Alcantarine Reform in Italy
• Saint John Lloyd (died 1679), Welsh priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
• John Dat (c. 1765 – 1798), Vietnamese priest and martyr
• Jean Vianney (1786–1859), French priest
• John Hoan Trinh Doan (c. 1789 / 1798 – 1861), Vietnamese priest and martyr
• John Thanh Van Dinh (1796–1840), Vietnamese martyr
• John Gabriel Perboyre (1802-1840), or Jean-Gabriel Perboyre, French missionary and martyr
• John Baptist Con (1805–1840), Vietnamese martyr
• John Charles Cornay (1809-1837), or Jean-Charles Cornay, French missionary and martyr
• John Neumann (1811–1860), Bohemian missionary, Bishop of Philadelphia, founder of the first American Catholic diocesan school system
• John Baptist Y (1800–1839), one of the Korean Martyrs
• John Bosco (1815–1888), Italian priest and educator; founder of the Salesians of Don Bosco and the Salesian Cooperators
• John of Kronstadt (1829–1908), Russian archpriest and synod member
• John of Shanghai and San Francisco (1898-1966), also known as John the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco
• Pope John XXIII (1881-1963), Italian pope from 1958 to 1963
• Pope John Paul II (1920-2005), Polish pope from 1978 to 2005

Places

Antigua and Barbuda

• St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda, the capital city of Antigua and Barbuda
• Saint John Parish, Antigua and Barbuda, a parish of Antigua and Barbuda on the island of Antigua

Canada

• Saint John, New Brunswick
  • Saint John (electoral district), federal electoral district in New Brunswick
  • Saint John River (Bay of Fundy), in New Brunswick and Maine, United States
  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint John, New Brunswick, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Moncton
  • Port of Saint John
• St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador
• Fort St. John, British Columbia
• Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, known as St. John's to early English settlers

United Kingdom

• St John, Cornwall, England
• St John, Friern Barnet, an Anglican church in north London
• St John the Baptist's Church, Sutterby, Lincolnshire
• Church of St John-at-Hackney, London

United States and territories

• St. John, Indiana
• Saint John, Warrick County, Indiana
• St. John, Kansas
• Saint John Plantation, Maine
• St. John, Missouri
• St. John, Pulaski County, Missouri
• St. John, North Dakota
• Saint John, Austin, Texas, a neighborhood
• St. John, Washington
• St. John, Wisconsin
• St. John, Utah, one of the original settlements comprising Rush Valley, Utah
• Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands, an island in the Caribbean Sea
• Saint John, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, a small town on Saint Croix
• St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana
• Saint John River (Bay of Fundy), in Maine and New Brunswick (Canada)
• Basilica of Saint John the Evangelist, Connecticut
• Saints John, Colorado, note the plural

Elsewhere

• Saint John Parish, Antigua and Barbuda, a parish of Antigua and Barbuda on the island of Antigua
• Saint John Parish, Barbados
• Saint John Parish, Dominica
• Saint John Parish, Grenada
• Saint John, Jersey, a parish of Jersey in the Channel Islands
• Saint John, Malacca, original name of Portuguese Settlement in Malaysia

Other uses

• St. John (clothing), a luxury American fashion brand
• St. John (crater), an eroded lunar impact crater on the Moon's far side
• St. John (restaurant), Smithfield, London
• St. John Ambulance, an ambulance foundation founded by the Order of St. John
• St. John Publications, a defunct American magazine and Golden Age comic book publisher
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint John's – Basseterre, a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean
• Venerable Order of Saint John, a royal order of chivalry established in 1831
• "St. John", a song by Aerosmith from Permanent Vacation

See also

• All pages with a title containing St John
• All pages with a title containing Saint John
• John (disambiguation)
• John the Divine (disambiguation)
• Saint John Cemetery (disambiguation)
• St. John's Island (disambiguation)
• Saint Juan (disambiguation) (via Spanish)
• Agios Ioannis (disambiguation) (Greek)
• Saint-Jean (disambiguation) (French)
• San Giovanni (disambiguation) (Italian)
• San Juan (disambiguation) (Spanish)
• Sankt Johann (disambiguation) (German)
• Sant Joan (disambiguation) (Catalan)
• São João (disambiguation) (Portuguese)
• Sveti Ivan (disambiguation) (Croatian)