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John the Baptist [note 1] (c. 6 BC [18] – c. AD 30) was a Jewish preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in the early 1st century AD. [19] [20] He is also known as Saint John the Forerunner in Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy, John the Immerser in some Baptist Christian traditions, [21] and as the prophet Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyā (Arabic: النبي يحيى, An-Nabī Yaḥyā ...
The Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Jesus Nazareno – Saint John the Baptist Parish (Quiapo Church), commonly known as Quiapo Church [b] and canonically as Saint John the Baptist Parish, [c] is a prominent Catholic basilica and national shrine in the district of Quiapo in the city of Manila, Philippines.
The Union Saint-Jean-Baptiste d'Amérique (USJB), also referred to by its member organizations as the Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste d'Amérique (lit. "Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of America"), was a Franco-American benefit society first organized in 1899 when the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Holyoke (French: Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste d'Holyoke) invited several other so-named independent ...
The Basilica of Saint John the Baptist will celebrate its 200th anniversary on Sunday. Canton's first Catholic Church is also one of the oldest parishes in Northeast Ohio. Rev. David Misbrener ...
The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, Benozzo Gozzoli, 1461–62, National Gallery of Art; The Head of St John the Baptist, Giovanni Bellini, 1464–68; The Beheading of St. John the Baptist, Lieven van Lathem, 1469, The J. Paul Getty Museum; Herod's Feast, Heydon, Norfolk, c. 1470, wall painting in an English parish ...
Nativity of Saint John the Baptist, Zechariah writing, "His name is John". Pontormo, on a desco da parto, c. 1526. Christians have long interpreted the life of John the Baptist as a preparation for the coming of Jesus Christ, and the circumstances of his birth, as recorded in the New Testament, are miraculous. John's pivotal place in the gospel ...
Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day (French: Fête de la Saint-Jean-Baptiste, la Saint-Jean, Fête nationale du Québec), also known in English as St John the Baptist Day, is a holiday celebrated on June 24 in the Canadian province of Quebec.
The Minor Basilica and Parish of Saint John the Baptist, also known as the Diocesan Shrine of La Virgen Milagrosa de Badoc—Mary, Cause of Our Joy and Badoc Basilica, is a Roman Catholic church in Badoc, in the province of Ilocos Norte, Philippines. It is under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Laoag. The basilica houses the Virgin Milagrosa ...