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João Batista (actor)
João Batista or João Baptista is Portuguese for John the Baptist. It may refer to: * João Batista de Andrade (born 1939), Brazilian film director and screenwriter * João Baptista Borges, Angolan politician * João Figueiredo, João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo, Brazilian military leader and politician * Almeida Garrett, João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett, 1st Viscount of Almeida Garrett, Portuguese writer and politician * João Baptista Lavanha, Portuguese cartographer, mathematician and geographer * João Martins (footballer, born 1927), João Baptista Martins, Portuguese football striker * João Batista Queiroz ( 1950–1980s), Brazilian comics artist and illustrator * João Batista da Silva (athlete) (born 1963), Brazilian sprinter * João Batista (footballer, born 1961), Brazilian football defender * João Batista (footballer, born 1966), Brazilian football midfielder * João Batista (footballer, born 1975), Turkish-Brazilian football midfielder * Mawet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Christianity, Christian traditions, and as the prophet Yahya ibn Zakariya in Islam. He is sometimes referred to as John the Baptiser. John is mentioned by the History of the Jews in the Roman Empire, Roman Jewish historian Josephus, and he is revered as a major religious figure in Christianity, Islam, the Baháʼí Faith, the Druze faith, and Mandaeism; in the last of these he is considered to be the final and most vital prophet. He is considered to be a prophet of God in Abrahamic religions, God by all of the aforementioned faiths, and is honoured as a saint in many Christian denominations. According to the New Testament, John anticipated a messianic figure greater than himself; in the Gospels, he is portrayed as the precursor or forerunn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
