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St. John at the Crucifixion of Jesus in a Stabat Mater by Pietro Perugino, c. 1482 Lamentation of the Virgin. John the Apostle trying to console Mary, 1435. Church tradition has held that John is the author of the Gospel of John and four other books of the New Testament – the three Epistles of John and the Book of Revelation.
St. John the Evangelist Church refers to churches honoring John the Apostle, also known as John the Divine or John of Patmos, as their patron saint, as distinguished from John the Baptist, whose namesakes are known as Saint John the Baptist Church. Thus, the designation may refer to:
John the Evangelist [a] (c. 6 AD – c. 100 AD) 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, [2] although there is no consensus on how many of these may actually be the same individual.
John of God (1495–1550), Portuguese friar; founder of the Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God John of Ávila (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)
Christ enthroned with the Virgin and St John; Christ in Glory with Saints and Odoardo Farnese; Christ Leaving the Praetorium; Christ on the Cross with the Virgin and Saint John; Christ the Redeemer with Four Saints; Conegliano Altarpiece; Croce al Tempio Lamentation; Crucifix (Cimabue, Arezzo) Crucifix (Cimabue, Santa Croce) Crucifixion (Titian)
The Acts of John refers to a collection of stories about John the Apostle that began circulating in written form as early as the 2nd-century AD. Translations of the Acts of John in modern languages have been reconstructed by scholars from a number of manuscripts of later date. The Acts of John are generally classified as New Testament apocrypha.
The Acts of John in Rome is a 4th-century Christian apocryphal text that presents stories about the Apostle John.The text, written in Greek, [1] is believed to be based on orally handed down stories [1] [2] (and in particular collected stories recounted in the writings of Eusebius of Caesarea) [2] about the works of John in Rome.
The stories of St. John and the “manna” continued to grow and even caught the attention of St. Augustine, who could not dismiss them outright. [17] The Anglo-Saxon Willibald , who later became a bishop and a saint, also heard of this and was one of the first many recorded pilgrims to the tomb of St. John. [ 17 ]