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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.
Statue of John the Evangelist by August Wredow on Helsinki Cathedral St. John the Apostle by Jacques Bellange, c. 1600. As he was traditionally identified with the beloved apostle, the evangelist, and the author of the Revelation and several Epistles, John played an extremely prominent role in art from the early Christian period onward. [125]
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)
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:
The Society of St John the Evangelist (SSJE) is an Anglican religious order for men. The members live under a rule of life and, at profession, make monastic vows of poverty, celibacy and obedience. SSJE was founded in 1866 at Cowley, Oxford , England , by Richard Meux Benson , Charles Chapman Grafton , and Simeon Wilberforce O'Neill.
St John the Evangelist Church is the parish church of Washingborough in Lincolnshire, England. History. The church was built around 1170 and is likely to have ...
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The Church of St John the Evangelist is a Roman Catholic church in the market town of Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, England. The current church replaced an earlier chapel which lies a few metres to the north-east. The former chapel, with its attached presbytery, has been designated a Grade II listed building by English Heritage.