Saint John or St. John usually refers to

John the Baptist John the Baptist or , , or , ;Wetterau, Bruce. ''World history''. New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1994. syc, ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܡܲܥܡܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ, Yoḥanān Maʿmḏānā; he, יוחנן המטביל, Yohanān HaMatbil; la, Ioannes Bapti ...

, but also, sometimes, to

John the Apostle John the Apostle ( grc, Ἰωάννης; la, Ioannes ; Ge'ez: ዮሐንስ;) or Saint John the Beloved was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Generally listed as the youngest apostle, he was the son of Zebede ...

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

People

(0s BC–30s AD), preacher, ascetic, and baptizer of Jesus Christ * John the Evangelist (c. 15 – 100), presumed author of the Fourth Gospel, traditionally identified with

* John of Patmos, author of the Book of Revelation, traditionally identified with John the Apostle and the Evangelist * John the Wonderworking Unmercenary (d. c. 304), Egyptian or Mesopotamian healer *

John Chrysostom John Chrysostom (; gr, Ἰωάννης ὁ Χρυσόστομος; 14 September 407) was an important Early Church Father who served as archbishop of Constantinople. He is known for his preaching and public speaking, his denunciation of ...

(c. 340 – 407), Antiochene Archbishop of Constantinople *

John Cassian John Cassian, also known as John the Ascetic and John Cassian the Roman ( la, Ioannes Eremita Cassianus, ''Ioannus Cassianus'', or ''Ioannes Massiliensis''; – ), was a Christian monk and theologian celebrated in both the Western and Eastern ...

(360–435), probably Scythia-Minor priest and abbot *

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 Juli ...

(d. 362), Roman martyrs *

John of Egypt Saint John of Egypt, (c.305 - 394), also known as John the Hermit, John the Anchorite, or John of Lycopolis, was one of the hermits of the Nitrian Desert. He began as a carpenter but at the age of twenty-five began to live a life of solitude. Earl ...

(d. 394), Egyptian hermit * John the Silent (452–558), Bishop of Taxara * Pope John I (470–526), Italian pope * John of Ephesus (507–586), Syrian ecclesiastical historian *

John Climacus John Climacus ( grc-gre, Ἰωάννης τῆς Κλίμακος; la, Ioannes 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 re ...

(579–649), Syrian or Byzantine monk and abbot * John Scholasticus (died 577), 32nd Patriarch of Constantinople * Patriarch John IV of Constantinople (d. 595), also known as John the Faster, first Ecumenical Patriarch * John the Merciful (died c. 610), Cyprian Patriarch of Alexandria * John I Agnus (‘the Lamb’, 7th century), 25th bishop of Tongres * John III of the Sedre (died 648), Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch *

John of Damascus John of Damascus ( ar, يوحنا الدمشقي, Yūḥanna ad-Dimashqī; gr, Ἰωάννης ὁ Δαμασκηνός, Ioánnēs ho Damaskēnós, ; la, Ioannes Damascenus) or John Damascene was a Christian monk, priest, hymnographer, and ...

(676–749), Syrian monk and priest, also known as ''John Damascene'' * John of Beverley (died 721), Angle bishop *

John of Pavia John of Pavia was Bishop of Pavia The Diocese of Pavia ( la, Dioecesis Papiensis) is a see of the Catholic Church in Italy. It has been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan only since 1817.John of Rila (876–946), Bulgarian priest and hermit * John Gualbert (died 1073), Founder of the Vallumbrosan Order * John Theristus (1049–1129), Italian Benedictine monk * John of Pulsano (1070–1139), or Giovanni di Matera, Italian abbot * John of Tufara (1084–1170), Italian monastery founder * John of the Grating (1098–1168), Bishop of Aleth * John of Matha (1160–1213), French priest; founder of the Trinitarian Order * John of Meda (1100–1159), Italian priest

1300s to present

* John Kukuzelis (1280–1360), Byzantine Orthodox Christian composer, singer and reformer *

John of Nepomuk John of Nepomuk (or John Nepomucene) ( cs, Jan Nepomucký; german: Johannes Nepomuk; la, Ioannes Nepomucenus) ( 1345 – 20 March 1393) was the saint of Bohemia (Czech Republic) who was drowned in the Vltava river at the behest of Wenceslaus ...

(1340–1393), Bohemian vicar general of Jan of Jenštejn * Giovanni da Capistrano (1386–1456), Italian friar, summoner of European troops for the 1456 siege of Belgrade *

John Cantius John Cantius ( la, Joannes Cantius; pl, Jan z Kęt or ; 23 June 1390 – 24 December 1473) was a Polish priest, scholastic philosopher, physicist and theologian. Biography John Cantius was born in Kęty, a small town near Oświęcim, Pola ...

(1390–1473), Polish priest and theologian * John of Sahagún (1419–1479), Spanish priest * John Fisher (c. 1460–1535), English cardinal and martyr *

Juan Diego Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, also known as Juan Diego (; 1474–1548), was a Chichimec peasant and Marian visionary. He is said to have been granted apparitions of the Virgin Mary on four occasions in December 1531: three at the hill of Tepeyac an ...

(1474–1548), first Native-American saint * John Houghton (martyr) (1486–1535), English abbot and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales) * John Stone (martyr) (died 1539), English friar and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales) * 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) 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 Coll ...

(1532–1582), English priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales) * John de Ribera (1532–1611), or Juan de Ribera, Bishop of Valencia * John Leonardi (1541–1609), Italian priest; founder of the Clerks Regular of the Mother of God of Lucca * John of the Cross (1542–1591), Spanish Jewish converso friar, priest and mystic; joint founder of the Discalced Carmelites *

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 Penri ...

(1544–1594), English priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales) * John Rigby (martyr) (died 1600), English martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales) * John Roberts (martyr) (c. 1570 – 1610/c. 1570 – 1610), Welsh priest, Prior of Saint Gregory'sone of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales * John Sarkander (1576–1620), Polish priest and martyr * John Ogilvie (saint) (1579–1615), Scottish priest and martyr *

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

(died 1598), Welsh priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales) * John Macias (1585–1645), Spanish missionary * John Southworth (martyr) (1592–1654), English priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales) *

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 (Wyandot people) for the rest of his life, except for a few years in Franc ...

(1593–1649), French missionary and martyr (one of the North American Martyrs) *

John Francis Regis Jean-François Régis, 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 Roman Catholic Church in 1737. A tireless p ...

(1597–1640), French priest * Jean de Lalande (died 1646), French missionary and martyr (one of the North American Martyrs) * John Berchmans (1599–1621), Flemish seminarian *

John Kemble (martyr) John Kemble (c. 1599 – 22 August 1679) was an English Roman Catholic martyr. He was one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. Early years and ordination John Kemble was born at Rhydicar Farm, St Weonards, Herefordshire, in 1599, the ...

(1599–1679), English priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales) *

John Eudes John Eudes, CIM (french: link=no, Jean Eudes; 14 November 1601 – 19 August 1680) was a French Roman 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 Eudi ...

(1601–1680), or Jean Eudes, French priest and founder of the Congregation of Jesus and Mary * John Wall (priest and martyr) (1620–1679), English priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales) *

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 ...

(c. 1630–1679), English priest and martyrone of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales *

Saint John Lloyd Philip Evans and John Lloyd were Welsh Roman Catholic priests. They are among the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. Philip Evans Philip Evans was born in Monmouth in 1645, and educated at Jesuit College of St. Omer (in Artois, now in Fr ...

(died 1679), Welsh priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales) * John de Britto (1647–1693), Portuguese missionary and martyr *

John of Tobolsk John of Tobolsk (1651–1715) was born as Ioann Maksimovich Vasilkovskiy in Nieżyn, in the Czernihow Voivodeship of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was the only one of the seven sons of Maksym Wasylkowski Maksymowicz to enter the ser ...

(1651–1715), Metropolitan of Tobolsk * 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 (1654–1739), Ischian friar, priest and Vicar Provincial of the Alcantarine Reform in Italy * John Dat (c. 1765–1798), Vietnamese priest and martyr * Jean Vianney (1786–1859), French priest * John Hoan Trinh Doan (c. 1789/1798–1861), Vietnamese priest and martyr * John Thanh Van Dinh (1796–1840), Vietnamese martyr * John Baptist Y (1800–1839), one of the Korean Martyrs *

John Henry Newman John Henry Newman (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890) was an English theologian, academic, intellectual, philosopher, polymath, historian, writer, scholar and poet, first as an Anglican priest and later as a Catholic priest and ...

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

John Gabriel Perboyre John Gabriel Perboyre, CM (french: Jean-Gabriel Perboyre; 1802–1840) was a French priest of the Congregation of the Mission, who served as a missionary in China, where he suffered martyrdom. He was canonized in 1996 by Pope John Paul II. Lif ...

(1802–1840), or Jean-Gabriel Perboyre, French missionary and martyr * John Baptist Con (1805–1840), Vietnamese martyr * John Charles Cornay (1809–1837), or Jean-Charles Cornay, French missionary and martyr * John Neumann (1811–1860), Bohemian missionary, Bishop of Philadelphia, founder of the first American Catholic diocesan school system *

John Bosco John Melchior Bosco ( it, Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco; pms, Gioann Melchior Bòsch; 16 August 181531 January 1888), popularly known as Don Bosco , was an Italian Catholic priest, educator, writer and saint of the 19th century. While working ...

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

John of Kronstadt John of Kronstadt or John Iliytch Sergieff ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform russian: Иоа́нн Кроншта́дтский; 1829 – ) was a Russian Orthodox archpriest and a member of the Most Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church. ...

(1829–1909), Russian archpriest and synod member * John of Shanghai and San Francisco (1896–1966), also known as John the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco *

Pope John XXIII Pope John XXIII ( la, Ioannes XXIII; it, Giovanni XXIII; born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, ; 25 November 18813 June 1963) was head of the Roman Catholic Church, Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City, Vatican City State from 28 Oc ...

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

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

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

Places

Antigua and Barbuda

* St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda, the capital city of Antigua and Barbuda * Saint John Parish, Antigua and Barbuda, a parish of Antigua and Barbuda on the island of Antigua

Canada

* Saint John (electoral district), Saint John—Rothesay in New Brunswick *

Saint John, New Brunswick Saint John is a seaport city of the Atlantic Ocean located on the Bay of Fundy in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. Saint John is the oldest incorporated city in Canada, established by royal charter on May 18, 1785, during the reign of ...

, a port city on the Bay of Fundy *

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. The city spans and is the easternmost city in North America ...

, the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador * Fort St. John, British Columbia * Port of Saint John in the city of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint John, New Brunswick The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint John, New Brunswick Saint John is a seaport city of the Atlantic Ocean located on the Bay of Fundy in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. Saint John is the oldest incorporated city in Canada, establishe ...

, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Moncton * Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland *

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu () is a city in eastern Montérégie in the Canadian province of Quebec, about southeast of Montreal. It is situated on the west bank of the Richelieu River at the northernmost navigable point of Lake Champlain. As of D ...

, Quebec, known as St. John's to early English settlers

United Kingdom

* St John, Cornwall, England * St John, Friern Barnet, an Anglican church in north London * St John the Baptist's Church, Sutterby, Lincolnshire * Church of St John-at-Hackney, London

United States and territories

* St. John, Florida * St. John, Indiana * Saint John, Warrick County, Indiana * St. John, Kansas * Saint John, Kentucky * St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana *

Saint John Plantation, Maine Saint John Plantation is a plantation in Aroostook County, Maine, United States, on the banks of the Saint John River. The population was 263 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the plantation has a to ...

Saint John River (Bay of Fundy) The Saint John River (french: Fleuve Saint-Jean; Maliseet-Passamaquoddy: ''Wolastoq'') is a long river that flows from Northern Maine into Canada, and runs south along the western side of New Brunswick, emptying into the Atlantic Ocean in the ...

, 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 is a town in Whitman County, Washington, United States. The population was 537 at the 2010 census. St. John is the birthplace of the twentieth governor of Washington, Mike Lowry. History St. John was founded and named in the late 188 ...

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

South Africa

Port St. Johns Port St. Johns (or Port Saint Johns) is a town of about 6,500 people on the Wild Coast in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated at the mouth of the Umzimvubu River, northeast of East London and east of Mthatha. Port St. J ...

* St John's College, Johannesburg

Elsewhere

* Saint John Parish, Antigua and Barbuda, a parish of Antigua and Barbuda 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 Nutmeg is the seed or ground spice of several species of the genus ''Myristica''. ''Myristica ...

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 par ...

, a parish of Jersey in the Channel Islands * Saint John, Malacca, original name of the Portuguese Settlement in Malaysia

Other uses

St. John (clothing) St. John Knits International Inc., commonly referred as St. John, is a luxury American fashion brand that specializes in women's knitwear founded in 1962 by Robert and Marie Gray. The company is best known for its classic wool and rayon yarn kni ...

, 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's College, Oxford, Oxford University * St. John Publications, a defunct American magazine and Golden Age comic book publisher * "St. John", a song by Aerosmith from ''Permanent Vacation'' (Aerosmith album), 1987 * St John Ambulance, a foundation established by the Order of St. John *

Saint John's Eve Saint John's Eve, starting at sunset on 23 June, is the eve of celebration before the Feast Day of Saint John the Baptist. The Gospel of Luke (Luke 1:26–37, 56–57) states that John was born six months before Jesus; therefore, the feast ...

Venerable Order of Saint John The Order of St John, short for Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (french: l'ordre très vénérable de l'Hôpital de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem) and also known as St John International, is a British royal order of ...

, a royal order of chivalry established in 1831 *

Saint Jhn Carlos St. John Phillips (born August 26, 1986), known professionally as Saint Jhn (stylized as SAINt JHN; pronounced "Saint John"), is a Guyanese-American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for the 2019 remix to ...

, American musician