Saint John

Saint John or St. John could mean:

People

Saints

Scriptural saints

• John the Baptist, also known as John of Jerusalem, who baptised Jesus at the start of Jesus' ministry
• John the Apostle, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus
• John the Evangelist, author of the Gospel of John. In some traditions, the same person as John the Apostle.
• John of Patmos, author of the Book of Revelation

Later, ecclesiastical saints

(in chronological order)

• Saint John (d. 303), martyred with Cyrus (see Cyrus and John)
• Saint John (d. 366), a priest martyred with Abda and Abdjesus
• Saint John of Egypt (d. 394) hermit
• Saint John Chrysostom (347–407), Archbishop of Constantinople
• Saint John Cassian (c. 360–433)
• Pope John I (523–526)
• Saint John Climacus (c. 579–649), also known as John of the Ladder, John Scholasticus and John Sinaites
• Saint John the Merciful (d. c. 620), also known as John the Almoner, John the Almsgiver, John V of Alexandria, and Johannes Eleemon
• Saint John of Ephesus (c. 505 – c. 585)
• Saint John of Damascus (c. 676–749)
• Saint John of Beverley (d. 721)
• Saint John of Rila (876 – c. 946), also known as Ivan Rilski, Bulgarian hermit
• Saint John of Matha (1169–1218), French founder of the Trinitarian Order
• Saint John of Nepomuk (c. 1340–1396), Bohemian priest
• Giovanni da Capistrano (1386–1456)
• Saint John Fisher (1469–1535), Bishop of Rochester, professor at Cambridge
• Saint John of God (1495–1550)
• Saint John of Avila (1500–1569)
• Saint John of the Cross (1542–1591), Spanish mystic
• Saint John Sarkander (1576–1620), Moravian priest
• Saint John Ogilvie (1579–1615), Scottish Catholic martyr
• Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle (1651–1719), the patron saint of teachers
• Saint John Joseph of the Cross (1654–1739), Italian Franciscan
• Saint John Neumann (1811–1860), Bishop of Philadelphia
• John Bosco born Giovanni Melchior Bosco (1815–1888)
• John Baptist Con, John Charles Cornay, John Dat, John Hoan Trinh Doan, John Louis Bonnard, and John Thanh Van Dinh of the Vietnamese Martyrs (16th–19th century)
• John, (era unknown), one of the Ethiopian saints Abraham, Ethnus, Acrates, James, and John
• John of Sammanud, (era unknown), martyred with James of Manug
• John of Kiev, the name used to refer to an infant of Kiev and an adult monk, both saints – see Abraham and Onesimus of Kiev

In other languages

• Mar Yohanna (Arabic)
• Sant Joan (Catalan)
• Saint-Jean (French)
• Sankt Johann (German)
• Agios Ioannis (Greek)
• San Giovanni (Italian)
• São João (Portuguese)
• San Juan (Spanish)
• Sant Ioan (Welsh)
• Sankt Hans (Danish)
• San Joan or Donibane (Basque)
• Johannes de Doper (Dutch)

With 'St. John' as a surname

• Austin St. John, American actor
• Bridget St John, British singer
• Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678–1751), English statesman and philosopher
• Ian St. John, former footballer and now pundit
• John St. John (1833–1916), U.S. politician
• Kate St John, British musician and composer
• Lara St. John, Canadian violinist
• Oliver St John (c. 1598–1673), English statesman and judge
• Spenser St. John, British Consul in Brunei (19th century)
• Pamela St. John, American composer

Places

Canada

• Saint John, New Brunswick
  • Saint John (electoral district), federal electoral district in New Brunswick
  • Saint John River, in New Brunswick and Maine (United States)

United Kingdom

• St John, Cornwall, a village near Millbrook, Cornwall, England
• St John, Hackney, England
• St. John, Powys, Wales
• Saint John, Jersey – a parish on Jersey.

United States

• St. John, Indiana
• St. John, Kansas
• St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana
• Saint John Plantation, Maine
• St. John, Missouri
• St. John, North Dakota
• Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands
• St. John, Washington
• Saint John River, Maine and New Brunswick (Canada)

Other uses

• Knights of St. John
• St. John Ambulance
• Venerable Order of Saint John
• York St John University
• St. John (comic book publisher)
• St John (restaurant), Smithfield, London
• St. John (store), an upscale, luxury American fashion brand
• St. John Catholic School, Toronto

Other pages

• John (disambiguation)
• Saint John's (disambiguation)
• St. John's Cathedral (disambiguation)
• Saint John Cemetery (disambiguation)
• St. John's Church (disambiguation)
• Saint John's College (disambiguation)
• Saint John Parish (disambiguation)
• St. John's School (disambiguation)
• Saint John's University (disambiguation)