What is Saint John?
'''Saint John''' or '''St. John''' could mean: == People == === Saints === ==== Scriptural saints ==== * [[John the Baptist]], also known as ''John of Jerusalem'', who baptised Jesus at the start of Jesus' ministry * [[John the Apostle]], one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * [[John the Evangelist]], author of the [[Gospel of John]]. In some traditions, the same person as John the Apostle. * John of [[Patmos]], author of the [[Book of Revelation]] ==== Later, ecclesiastical saints ==== (in chronological order) * Saint John (d. 303), martyred with Cyrus (see [[Cyrus and John]]) * Saint John (d. 366), a priest martyred with [[Abda and Abdjesus]] * Saint [[John of Egypt]] (d. 394) [[hermit]] * Saint [[John Chrysostom]] (347–407), Archbishop of Constantinople * Saint [[John Cassian]] (c. 360–433) * [[Pope John I]] (523–526) * Saint [[John Climacus]] (c. 579–649), also known as John of the Ladder, John Scholasticus and John Sinaites * Saint [[John the Merciful]] (d. c. 620), also known as John the Almoner, John the Almsgiver, John V of Alexandria, and Johannes Eleemon * Saint [[John of Ephesus]] (c. 505 – c. 585) * Saint [[John of Damascus]] (c. 676–749) * Saint [[John of Beverley]] (d. 721) * Saint [[John of Rila]] (876 – c. 946), also known as Ivan Rilski, Bulgarian hermit * Saint [[John of Matha]] (1169–1218), French founder of the Trinitarian Order * Saint [[John of Nepomuk]] (c. 1340–1396), Bohemian priest * [[Giovanni da Capistrano]] (1386–1456) * Saint [[John Fisher]] (1469–1535), Bishop of Rochester, professor at Cambridge * Saint [[John of God]] (1495–1550) * Saint [[John of Avila]] (1500–1569) * Saint [[John of the Cross]] (1542–1591), Spanish mystic * Saint [[John Sarkander]] (1576–1620), Moravian priest * [[Saint John Ogilvie]] (1579–1615), Scottish Catholic martyr * Saint [[Jean-Baptiste de la Salle]] (1651–1719), the patron saint of teachers * Saint [[John Joseph of the Cross]] (1654–1739), Italian Franciscan * Saint [[John Neumann]] (1811–1860), Bishop of Philadelphia * [[John Bosco]] born '''Giova