Saint John or St. John usually refers to either

John the Baptist John the Baptist ( – ) was a Jewish preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in the early first century AD. He is also known as Saint John the Forerunner in Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy, John the Immerser in some Baptist ...

John the Apostle John the Apostle (; ; ), also known as Saint John the Beloved and, in Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Saint John the Theologian, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Generally listed as the youngest apostle, he ...

. Saint John or St. John may also refer to:

People

Saints

( – ), preacher, ascetic, and baptizer of Jesus Christ *

John the Evangelist John the Evangelist ( – ) is the name traditionally given to the author of the Gospel of John. Christians have traditionally identified him with John the Apostle, John of Patmos, and John the Presbyter, although there is no consensus on how ...

( – ), presumed author of the Fourth Gospel, traditionally identified with

John of Patmos John of Patmos (also called John the Revelator, John the Divine, John the Theologian; ) is the name traditionally given to the author of the Book of Revelation. Revelation 1:9 states that John was on Patmos, an Aegean island off the coast of Rom ...

, author of the Book of Revelation, traditionally identified with John the Apostle and John the Evangelist * John the Wonderworking Unmercenary (died ), Egyptian or Mesopotamian healer * John (died 320), one of the

40 Martyrs of Sebaste The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste or the Holy Forty (Ancient/Katharevousa Greek and Ἅγιοι Τεσσαράκοντα; Demotic: Άγιοι Σαράντα) were a group of Roman soldiers in the Legio XII ''Fulminata'' (Armed with Lightning) whose m ...

* John the Hieromartyr (died 362), Roman priestmartyr *

John and Paul John and Paul (Latin: ''Ioannes, Paulus'') are saints who lived during the fourth century in the Roman Empire. They were martyred at Rome on 26 June. The year of their martyrdom is uncertain according to their ''Acts''; it occurred under Julian ...

(died 362), Roman martyrs * John of Egypt (died 394), Egyptian hermit *

John I of Naples John I was the duke of Naples from September 711 to his death, probably in 719.The first year in which a new duke appears. The main source for his reign is the ''Chronicon ducum et principum Beneventi, Salerni, et Capuae et ducum Neapolis''. In 716 ...

(died 5th century),

Bishop of Naples The Archdiocese of Naples () is a Latin Catholic archdiocese in southern Italy, the see being in Naples. A Christian community was founded there in the 1st century AD and the diocese of Naples was raised to the level of an Archdiocese in the 10 ...

John the Dwarf John the Dwarf (Greek: Ἰωάννης Κολοβός; Arabic: ابو يحنّس القصير ''(Abū) Yuḥannis al-Qaṣīr''; c. 339 – ), also called John Colobus, John Kolobos or Abba John the Dwarf, was a Coptic Desert Father of the earl ...

(), Egyptian Desert Father *

John Chrysostom John Chrysostom (; ; – 14 September 407) was an important Church Father who served as archbishop of Constantinople. He is known for his preaching and public speaking, his denunciation of abuse of authority by both ecclesiastical and p ...

( – 407), Antiochene Archbishop of Constantinople *

John Angeloptes John Angeloptes was the Bishop of Ravenna from 430 to 433 and Metropolitan of Aemilia and Flaminia. He was the successor to St. Ursus of Ravenna. John's epithet of 'Angeloptes' denotes his gift of having had the opportunity to see an angel; more ...

(died 433), Bishop of Ravenna from 430 to 433 *

John Cassian John Cassian, also known as John the Ascetic and John Cassian the Roman (, ''Ioannes Cassianus'', or ''Ioannes Massiliensis''; Greek: Ίωάννης Κασσιανός ό Ερημίτης; – ), was a Christian monk and theologian celebrated ...

(360–435), abbot, priest and theologian probably from Scythia-Minor * John (died ), one of the

Seven Sleepers of Ephesus The Seven Sleepers (; ), also known in Christendom as Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, and in Islam as Aṣḥāb al-Kahf (اصحاب الکهف, ''aṣḥāb al-kahf'', lit. Companions of the Cave), is a late antique Christian legend, and a Qur� ...

John Calybite John Calybite (or John Calabites, Calibita, Chalybita, Calabytes, Kalabytes; died ) was a Greek monk and hermit who is venerated as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church. He left home at a young age and for several years ...

(died ), Greek monk * John of Châlon (died 475), Bishop of Chalon-sur-Saône * John of Ravenna (died 494), Bishop of Ravenna * John of Chinon (died 6th century), Breton hermit in

Chinon Chinon () is a Communes of France, commune in the Indre-et-Loire Departments of France, department, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The traditional province around Chinon, Touraine, became a favorite resort of French kings and their nobles beginn ...

and spiritual father of Queen

Radegund Radegund (; also spelled ''Rhadegund, Radegonde, or Radigund''; 520 – 13 August 587) was a Thuringian princess and Frankish queen, who founded the Abbey of the Holy Cross at Poitiers. She is the patroness saint of several churches in Franc ...

Pope John I Pope John I (; died 18 May 526) was the bishop of Rome from 13 August 523 to his death on 18 May 526. He was a native of Siena (or the "Castello di Serena", near Chiusdino), in Italy. He was sent on a diplomatic mission to Constantinople by the ...

(470–526), Italian pope from 523 to 526 *

John of Réôme Saint John of Réôme (, ; died ) was an early Christian abbot in what is now Moutiers-Saint-Jean in the Côte-d'Or department of France. His feast is on 28 January. Life John of Réôme was born in Courtangy, France, around 450. At the age of ...

(died ), French abbot and hermit *

John the Prophet John the Prophet, known also as Venerable John, was an eastern christian hermit of the monastery of Seridus and teacher of Dorotheus of Gaza.Barnasuphius and John ''Letters'', translated by John Chryssavgis Catholic University of America Press ( ...

(), Greek Desert Father *

John the Silent John the Silent ( – ), also known as "John the Hesychast" (Greek: Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Ἡσυχαστής), was a Christian saint known for living alone for seventy-six years. He was given the surname because of his affinity for ...

(452–558), Bishop of Taxara *

John Scholasticus John Scholasticus or Scholastikos. (; 503 – 31 August 577) was patriarch of Constantinople from 12 April 565 until his death on 31 August 577. He is also regarded as a saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Life He was born at Sirimis, in t ...

(died 577), John III of Constantinople, 32nd Patriarch of Constantinople from 565 to 577 *

John IV of Constantinople John IV of Constantinople (died 2 September 595), also known as ''John Nesteutes'' (, ''Ioannes the Faster''), was patriarch of Constantinople (12 April 582 – 2 September 595). He was the first to assume the title ''Ecumenical Patriarch''. He ...

(died 595), John the Faster, first Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 582 to 595 *

John the Merciful John V Eleemon (), also known as John the Almsgiver, John the Almoner, John the Compassionate, or John the Merciful, was the Chalcedonian/Melkite Patriarch of Alexandria in the early 7th century (from 606 to 616). He was born in Amathus around ...

(), Melkite Patriarch of Alexandria and almoner * John I Agnus ('the Lamb', ), 25th bishop of Tongres *

John of Verona John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Ep ...

(died 7th century),

Bishop of Verona 235px, The facade of ''Palazzo del Vescovado'' The Diocese of Verona () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in northern Italy. The diocese belongs to the Ecclesiastical Province of Venice. The bishop of Verona has his seat in Verona, Vene ...

who succeeded

Saint Maurus Maurus, OSB (; ) (512–584) was an Catholic Church in Italy, Italian Catholic monk best known as the first disciple of Benedict of Nursia. He is mentioned in Gregory the Great's biography of the latter as the first oblate (religion), oblate ...

* John of Syracuse (died ), Bishop of Syracuse from 595 to *

(died ), Cypriot Patriarch of Alexandria *

John Climacus John Climacus (; ; ), also known as John of the Ladder, John Scholasticus and John Sinaites, was a 6th–7th century Christian monk at the monastery on Mount Sinai. He is revered as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church and Catholic Church. ...

(579–649), Syrian or Byzantine monk and abbot * John the Good (died or 669), Bishop of Milan * John of Bergamo (died 690),

Bishop of Bergamo The Diocese of Bergamo (; ; ) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy, and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan.John of Beverley John of Beverley (died 7 May 721) was an English bishop active in the kingdom of Northumbria. He was the bishop of Hexham and then the bishop of York, which was the most important religious designation in the area. He went on to found the town ...

(died 721), Anglian Bishop of York from 705 to 718 *

John of Damascus John of Damascus or John Damascene, born Yūḥana ibn Manṣūr ibn Sarjūn, was an Arab Christian monk, priest, hymnographer, and apologist. He was born and raised in Damascus or AD 676; the precise date and place of his death is not know ...

(676–749), John Damascene, Syrian hieromonk *

John of Pavia Saint John of Pavia was Bishop of Pavia between 801–813.St. John
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(died 813), Bishop of Pavia from 801 to 813 * John IV of Naples (died 849), Bishop of Naples from 842 to 849 * John of Tuy (died 9th century), Galician hermit in

Tui, Pontevedra Tui (; ) is a municipality in the province of province of Pontevedra, Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain. It is located in the ''comarca'' of O Baixo Miño on the right bank of the Miño River, facing the Po ...

, Spain *

John of Rila Saint John of Rila, also known as Ivan of Rila (; – 18 August 946), was the first Bulgarian hermit. He was revered as a saint while he was still alive. The legend surrounding him tells of wild animals that freely came up to him and birds that ...

(876–946), Bulgarian priest and hermit *

John of Gorze Saint John of Gorze (, also called John of Lorraine) ( — 7 March 974) was a Lorraine-born monk, diplomat, administrator, and monastic reformer. Life John of Gorze was born at Vandières near Pont-à-Mousson to parents who were wealthy and wel ...

(–974), John of Lorraine; abbot of Gorze Abbey, diplomat and monastic reformer * Theodore the Varangian and his son John (died ), martyrs * John Vincent (died 998), John X, Archbishop of Ravenna * John Gradenigo (died 1025), Venetian nobleman, monk and hermit * John Angelus (died ), Venetian monk in Pomposa Abbey * John of Autun,

Bishop of Autun The Diocese of Autun (–Chalon-sur-Saône–Mâcon–Cluny) (Latin: ''Diocesis Aeduensis'', ''Dioecesis Augustodunensis (–Cabillonensis–Matisconensis–Cluniacensis)''; French: ''Diocèse d'Autun (–Chalon-sur-Saône–Mâcon–Cluny)''), m ...

* John Theristus (1049–1129), Italian Benedictine monk

Eastern Orthodox

John V of Constantinople John V of Constantinople (Greek: Ἰωάννης; died August 675) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 669 to 675. He had ecumenically been proceeded by Thomas II of Constantinople. It was during his patriarchate time that the d ...

(died 674), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 669 to 674 * John of Gothia (died ), Bishop of Gothia (Gothic Crimea) *

(-946), the first Bulgarian hermit; Rila Monastery is named after him * John Vladimir ( –1016), Jovan Vladimir, King of Duklja, megalomartyr, myroblyte and wonderworker *

John VIII of Constantinople John VIII of Constantinople (; 1010 – 2 August 1075), a native of Trebizond, was a Byzantine intellectual, jurist, and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1064 to 1075. He was the uncle of John Xiphilinus, the Epimator. He is consid ...

(–1075), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1064 to 1075 * John of Karpathos (), Bishop of Karpathos and writer in the Philokalia * John of Novgorod (died 1186), Archbishop of Novgorod from 1165 to 1186 * John Kaloktenes (died ), John the New Merciful, Metropolitan of Thebes * John the New of Suceava (died 1330), Moldavian megalomartyr and monk who is the patron saint of Saint John the New Monastery *John (died 1347), one of the 3 Martyrs of Vilnius * John Kukuzelis (1280–1360), Byzantine composer, singer and reformer *

John Uroš Jovan Uroš Nemanjić ( sr-Cyrl, Јован Урош Немањић) or John Ouresis Doukas Palaiologos or Joasaph of Meteora (), was the ruler of Thessaly from c. 1370 to c. 1373, retiring as a monk for the next half century thereafter. He died i ...

(1350–1422 or 1423), Joasaph of Meteora, titular Emperor of Serbs and Greeks and monk * John Branković (–1502), John the New; Despot of Serbia *

John the Hairy John the Hairy (, also known as John the Merciful of Rostov) was a holy fool (Yurodivy), of the Russian Orthodox Church in the second half of the 16th century. He endured a great many trials in his lifetime. "He did not have a permanent shelter ...

(died 1580), John the New Merciful, Russian fool for Christ and almoner *

John of Moscow John of Moscow also known as Blessed John the Fool for Christ was a 16th-century Russian saint. He was born on the outskirts of Vologda in Russia. He was considered a wonderworker in Moscow and spent his youth as a labourer in a local saltworks a ...

(died ), Russian fool for Christ and wonderworker *

John of Tobolsk John of Tobolsk (; 1651–1715, born as Ioann Maksimovich Vasilkovskiy (, , ''Ivan Maksymovych Vasylkivskyi'') was a teacher, writer and clergyman of Ukrainian Cossack origin, who served as the Orthodox archbishop of Chernihiv and Novhorod-Siv ...

(1651–1715), Metropolitan of Tobolsk and ascetic *

John the Russian John the Russian (; – ) was a Russian Orthodox slave who is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Being a prisoner of war and a slave to a Turkish Ağa, he became famous and respected even by his Muslim master for his humility, ...

(–1730), Russian soldier, Ottoman slave and confessor of the faith *

John of Kronstadt John of Kronstadt or John Iliytch Sergieff (Reforms of Russian orthography, pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform ; 1829 – ) was a Russian Orthodox Church, Russian Orthodox Archpriest#In Byzantine Christianity, archpriest and a member of the Most ...

(1829–1909), Russian archpriest and synod member * John of Sonkajanranta (1884–1918), Johannes Karhapää, Finnish Karelian teacher, missionary and new martyr * John Kochurov (1871–1917), Russian priest, missionary, hieromartyr and protomartyr of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia * John of Valamo (1873–1958), hegumen (abbot) and schemamonk of New Valaam Monastery * John of Shanghai and San Francisco (1896–1966), John the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco

Oriental Orthodox

John of Ephesus John of Ephesus (or of Asia) (Greek: Ίωάννης ό Έφέσιος, Classical Syriac: ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܐܦܣܘܣ, c. 507 – c. 588 AD) was a leader of the early Syriac Orthodox Church in the sixth century and one of the earliest and the most im ...

(507–586), Syrian ecclesiastical historian * John III of the Sedre (died 648), Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch

Roman Catholic

* John Gualbert (died 1073), founder of the Vallumbrosan Order * John of Pulsano (1070–1139), Giovanni di Matera, Italian abbot * John of Meda (1100–1159), Italian priest * John of the Grating (1098–1168), Bishop of Aleth * John of Tufara (1084–1170), Italian monastery founder *

John of Matha John of Matha, OSsT (1160–1213) was a French Catholic priest and cofounder of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity, initially dedicated to ransoming Christians who had been captured by marauders from North Africa. Background Between the eighth ...

(1160–1213), French priest and founder of the Trinitarian Order *

John of Nepomuk John of Nepomuk (or John Nepomucene) (; ; ) ( 1345 – 20 March 1393) was a saint of Bohemia (a western part of what is now the Czech Republic) who was drowned in the Vltava river at the behest of King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia. Later accounts st ...

(1340–1393), Bohemian vicar general of Jan of Jenštejn *

John of Capistrano John of Capistrano, OFM (, , , ; 24 June 1386 – 23 October 1456) was an Italian Franciscan friar and Catholic priest from the town of Capestrano, Abruzzo. Famous as a preacher, theologian, and inquisitor, he earned himself the nickname "the ...

(1386–1456), Italian friar, summoner of European troops for the 1456 siege of Belgrade *

John Cantius John Cantius (; or ; 23 June 1390 – 24 December 1473) was a Polish Catholic priest, scholastic philosopher, physicist and theologian. Biography John Cantius was born in Kęty, a small town near Oświęcim, Poland, to Anna and Stanisław ...

(1390–1473), Polish priest and theologian *

John of Sahagún John of Sahagún, Order of St. Augustine, OESA (), (c. 1430 – 11 June 1479) was a Spanish Augustinian friar and priest. He was a leading preacher of his day, and was known as a peacemaker and reconciler of enemies among the nobles and factions ...

(1419–1479), Spanish priest *

John Fisher John Fisher (c. 19 October 1469 – 22 June 1535) was an English Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Rochester from 1504 to 1535 and as chancellor of the University of Cambridge. He is honoured as a martyr and saint by the Catholic Chu ...

( – 1535), English cardinal and martyr *

Juan Diego Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin (1474–1548), also known simply as Juan Diego (), was a Nahua peasant and Marian visionary. He is said to have been granted apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe on four occasions in December 1531: three at the hill o ...

(1474–1548), Nahua peasant who is said to have witnessed apparitions of Our Lady of Guadelupe *

John of God John of God, Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God, O.H. (; ; born João Duarte Cidade Help:IPA/Portuguese, �ʒwɐ̃w̃ duˈwaɾ.t siˈða.ðɨ March 8, 1495 – March 8, 1550) was a Portuguese People, Portuguese soldier turned healthc ...

(1495–1550), Portuguese friar; founder of the Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God *

John of Ávila John of Ávila (; 6 January 1499– 10 May 1569) was a Spanish priest, preacher, scholastic author, and religious mystic, who has been declared a saint and Doctor of the Church by the Catholic Church. He is called the " Apostle of Andalusi ...

(1500–1569), Spanish Jewish converso priest, missionary and mystic *

John of the Cross St. John of the Cross (; ; né Juan de Yepes y Álvarez; 24 June 1542 – 14 December 1591) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest, mystic, and Carmelite friar of ''Converso'' ancestry. He is a major figure of the Counter-Reformation in Spain, ...

(1542–1591), Spanish Jewish converso friar, priest and mystic; joint founder of the Discalced Carmelites *

John Leonardi John Leonardi, OMD (Italian language, Italian: Giovanni; 1541 – 9 October 1609) was an Italian people, Italian Catholic Church, Catholic priest and the founder of the Clerics Regular of the Mother of God, Clerics Regular of the Mother of God o ...

(1541–1609), Italian priest; founder of the Clerks Regular of the Mother of God of Lucca * John de Ribera (1532–1611), Juan de Ribera, Bishop of Valencia *

John Ogilvie (saint) John Ogilvie, SJ (1580 – 10 March 1615) was a Scottish Jesuit priest. For his work in service to a persecuted Catholic community in 17th century Scotland, and in being hanged for his faith, he became the only post-Reformation Scottish saint. ...

(1579–1615), Scottish priest and martyr * John Sarkander (1576–1620), Polish priest and martyr *

John Berchmans John Berchmans, SJ ( ; 13 March 1599 – 13 August 1621) was a Belgian Jesuit scholastic and is revered as a saint in the Catholic Church. In 1615, the Jesuits opened a college at Mechelen, Belgium and Berchmans was one of the first to enrol ...

(1599–1621), Flemish seminarian *

John Francis Regis Jean-François Régis, SJ, commonly known as Saint John Francis Regis and Saint Regis (31 January 1597 – 31 December 1640), was a French priest of the Society of Jesus, recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church in 1737. A tireless prea ...

(1597–1640), French priest * John Macias (1585–1645), Spanish missionary *

John Eudes John Eudes, CIM (; 14 November 1601 – 19 August 1680) was a Catholic Church in France, French Catholic priest and the founder of both the Order of Our Lady of Charity in 1641 and Congregation of Jesus and Mary, also known as the Eudists, in 16 ...

(1601–1680), Jean Eudes, French priest and founder of the Congregation of Jesus and Mary * John de Britto (1647–1693), Portuguese missionary and martyr * 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 John Joseph of the Cross, OFM (born Carlo Gaetano Calosinto; 15 August 1654 – 5 March 1739) was an Italian Catholic priest and professed member of the Order of Friars Minor who hailed from the island of Ischia.

(1654–1739), Ischian friar, priest and Vicar Provincial of the Alcantarine Reform in Italy *

Jean Vianney John Vianney (born Jean-Marie Vianney and later Jean-Marie-Baptiste Vianney; 8 May 1786 – 4 August 1859) was a French Catholic priest often referred to as the ''Curé d'Ars'' ("the parish priest of Ars"). He is known for his priestly and past ...

(1786–1859), French priest and confessor *

John Neumann John Nepomucene Neumann (, , ; March 28, 1811 – January 5, 1860) was a Bohemian-born American prelate of the Catholic Church. An immigrant from Bohemia, he came to the United States in 1836, where he was ordained, joined the Redemptorist ...

(1811–1860), Bohemian missionary, Bishop of Philadelphia and founder of the first American Catholic diocesan school system * John Hoan Trinh Doan (–1861), Vietnamese priest and martyr *

John Bosco John Melchior Bosco, Salesians of Don Bosco, SDB (; ; 16 August 181531 January 1888), popularly known as Don Bosco or Dom Bosco (International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA: ), was an Italian Catholic priest, educator and writer. While working in Tu ...

(1815–1888), Italian priest and educator; founder of the Salesians of Don Bosco and the Salesian Cooperators *

John Henry Newman John Henry Newman (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890) was an English Catholic theologian, academic, philosopher, historian, writer, and poet. He was previously an Anglican priest and after his conversion became a cardinal. He was an ...

(1801–1890), English Oratorian priest and convert from Anglicanism *

Pope John XXIII Pope John XXIII (born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli; 25 November 18813 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death on 3 June 1963. He is the most recent pope to take ...

(1881–1963), Italian pope from 1958 to 1963 *

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 16 October 1978 until Death and funeral of Pope John Paul II, his death in 2005. In his you ...

(1920–2005), Polish pope from 1978 to 2005

= Groups of martyrs

Forty Martyrs of England and Wales

John Houghton (martyr) John Houghton, OCart (c. 1486 – 4 May 1535) was a Catholic priest of the Carthusian order and the first martyr to die as a result of the Act of Supremacy by King Henry VIII of England. He was also the first of the Carthusians to die as a ...

(1486–1535), English abbot * John Stone (martyr) (died 1539), English friar *

John Rigby (martyr) John Rigby (ca. 1570 – 21 June 1600) was an England, English Roman Catholic layman who was executed during the reign of Elizabeth I of England, Elizabeth I. He is one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. (He is called "Thomas" Rig ...

(died 1600), English martyr * John Roberts (martyr) ( – 1610), Welsh priest and prior of Saint Gregory's *

John Southworth (martyr) John Southworth (, Lancashire, England - 28 June 1654, Tyburn, London) was an English Catholic martyr. He is one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. History John Southworth came from a Lancashire family who lived at Samlesbury Hall. T ...

(1592–1654), English priest * John Kemble (martyr) (1599–1679), English priest *

John Wall (priest and martyr) John Wall, ''(aliases John Marsh, Francis Johnson or Dormore or Webb, religious name "Joachim of St. Ann")'' (1620 – 22 August 1679) was an English Franciscan friar, who is honoured as a martyr by the Catholic Church. Wall served on the Eng ...

(1620–1679), English priest *

John Plessington John Plessington (c. 1637 – 19 July 1679), also known as John Plesington, William Scarisbrick and William Pleasington, was an English Catholic priest who was executed by the English Crown for violating the ban on the presence of Catholic prie ...

(–1679), English priest * Saint John Lloyd (died 1679), Welsh priest *

John Payne (martyr) John Payne (1532–1582) was an English Catholic priest and martyr, one of the Catholic Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. Background John Payne was born at Peterborough in 1532. He was probably a mature man when he went to the English Colle ...

(1532–1582), English priest *

John Boste John Boste (c. 1544 – 24 July 1594) is a saint in the Catholic Church, and one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. Life John Boste was born in Dufton, Westmorland around 1544, the son of Nicholas Boste, landowner of Dufton and Penrit ...

(1544–1594), English priest *

John Jones (martyr) John Jones O.F.M (c. 1530 - 12 July 1598), also known as John Buckley, John Griffith, Godfrey Maurice (in religion), or Griffith Jones, was a Franciscan priest and martyr. He was born at Clynnog Fawr, Caernarfonshire (Gwynedd), Wales, and wa ...

(died 1598), Welsh priest

North American Martyrs

Jean de Lalande Jean de Lalande, SJ (; died October 19, 1646) was a Jesuit missionary at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons and one of the eight North American Martyrs. He was killed at the Mohawk village of Ossernenon after being captured by warriors. Life Jean ...

(died 1646), French missionary *

Jean de Brébeuf Jean de Brébeuf () (25 March 1593 16 March 1649) was a French Jesuit missionary who travelled to New France (Canada) in 1625. There he worked primarily with the Huron for the rest of his life, except for a few years in France from 1629 to 1 ...

(1593–1649), French missionary

Vietnamese Martyrs

John Dat Vietnamese Martyrs (), also known as the Martyrs of Tonkin and Cochinchina, collectively Martyrs of Annam or formerly Martyrs of Indochina, are saints of the Catholic Church who were canonized by Pope John Paul II. On June 19, 1988, thousands of ...

(), Vietnamese priest * John Charles Cornay (1809–1837), Jean-Charles Cornay, French missionary and martyr * John Thanh Van Dinh (1796–1840), Vietnamese martyr * John Gabriel Perboyre (1802–1840), Jean-Gabriel Perboyre, French missionary * John Baptist Con (1805–1840), Vietnamese martyr

Korean Martyrs

* John Baptist Y (1800–1839), Korean martyr

Others

* St John (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname

Places

Canada

Saint John (electoral district) Saint John or St. John usually refers to either John the Baptist or John the Apostle. Saint John or St. John may also refer to: People Saints * John the Baptist ( – ), preacher, ascetic, and baptizer of Jesus Christ * John the Evangelis ...

, New Brunswick *

Saint John, New Brunswick Saint John () is a port#seaport, seaport city located on the Bay of Fundy in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. It is Canada's oldest Municipal corporation, incorporated city, established by royal charter on May 18, 1785, during the reign ...

, a port city on the Bay of Fundy *

Saint John River (Bay of Fundy) The Saint John River (; Maliseet-Passamaquoddy: ''Wolastoq'') is a river flowing within the Dawnland region from headwaters in the Notre Dame Mountains near the Maine-Quebec border through western New Brunswick to the northwest shore of the ...

, a river flowing through Saint John, New Brunswick *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint John, New Brunswick The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint John, New Brunswick () (erected 30 September 1842, as the Diocese of Saint John in America) is a suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Moncton, Archdiocese of Moncton. It was renamed on 15 November 1924 ...

, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Moncton

United States

* Saints John, Colorado, or Saint John, a former mining town * St. John, Florida * St. John, Indiana * Saint John, Warrick County, Indiana * St. John, Kansas * Saint John, Kentucky * Saint John Plantation, Maine *

, from northern Maine into Canada * St. John, Missouri * St. John, Pulaski County, Missouri * St. John, North Dakota * St. John, Utah, Rush Valley, Utah * Saint John, Austin, Texas, a neighborhood *

St. John, Washington St. John or Saint John is a town in Whitman County, Washington, United States. The population was 599 at the 2020 census. St. John is the birthplace of the twentieth governor of Washington, Mike Lowry. History St. John was founded and named ...

* St. John, Wisconsin *

Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands Saint John (; ) is one of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea and a constituent Districts and sub-districts of the United States Virgin Islands, district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of ...

, an island in the Caribbean Sea * Saint John, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, a small town on Saint Croix * St. John Township (disambiguation)

Elsewhere

Saint John Parish, Antigua and Barbuda Saint John (), officially the Parish of Saint John, is a Parishes and dependencies of Antigua and Barbuda, civil parish of Antigua and Barbuda, on the northwestern portion of Antigua island. Its capital is the city of St. John's, Saint John, St. ...

, a parish on the island of Antigua * Saint John Parish, Barbados *

Saint John Parish, Dominica Saint John is one of Dominica's 10 administrative parishes. It is bordered by St. Andrew to the east, and St. Peter and the Espagnole River to the south. It has an area of 59 km2 (22.78 mi2).Figures provided by the Lands and Surveys ...

Saint John Parish, Grenada Saint John is one of the parishes of Grenada. Its capital is Gouyave. Fishing is the main industry. Gouyave is also home to Grenada's biggest nutmeg factory and also the Dougladston Estate, an old spice In the culinary arts, a spice is any ...

Saint John, Jersey St John (Jèrriais and ) is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey and is around north of St Helier on the north coast of the island. It has a surface area of 8.7 km2. St John's Village is also the name of the main village in the parish. The pa ...

, a parish of Jersey in the Channel Islands * Saint John, Malacca, original name of the Portuguese settlement in Malaysia * Saint John, Malta * St John, Cornwall, England

Other uses

St John Ambulance St John Ambulance is an affiliated movement of charitable organisations in mostly Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth countries which provide first aid education and consumables and emergency medical services. St John organisations are primari ...

, a foundation established by the Order of St. John *

Order of Saint John (chartered 1888) The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (), commonly known as the Order of St John, and also known as St John International, is an order of chivalry constituted in 1888 by royal charter from Queen Victoria and dedica ...

, a royal order of chivalry established in 1831 * 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 Publications, a defunct American magazine and Golden Age comic book publisher * "St. John", a song by Aerosmith from the 1987 album ''Permanent Vacation''