Saints •
John the Baptist ( – ), preacher, ascetic, and baptizer of Jesus Christ •
John the Evangelist ( – ), presumed author of the Fourth Gospel, traditionally identified with
John the Apostle •
John of Patmos, author of the Book of Revelation, traditionally identified with John the Apostle and John the Evangelist •
John the Wonderworking Unmercenary (died ), Egyptian or Mesopotamian healer • John (died 320), one of the
40 Martyrs of Sebaste •
John the Hieromartyr (died 362), Roman
priestmartyr •
John and Paul (died 362), Roman martyrs •
John of Egypt (died 394), Egyptian hermit •
John I of Naples (died 5th century),
Bishop of Naples •
John the Dwarf (), Egyptian Desert Father •
John Chrysostom ( – 407), Antiochene Archbishop of Constantinople •
John Angeloptes (died 433), Bishop of Ravenna from 430 to 433 •
John Cassian (360–435), abbot, priest and theologian probably from Scythia-Minor • John (died ), one of the
Seven Sleepers of Ephesus •
John Calybite (died ), Greek monk •
John of Châlon (died 475), Bishop of Chalon-sur-Saône •
John of Ravenna (died 494), Bishop of Ravenna •
John of Chinon (died 6th century), Breton hermit in
Chinon and spiritual father of Queen
Radegund •
Pope John I (470–526), Italian pope from 523 to 526 •
John of Réôme (died ), French abbot and hermit •
John the Prophet (), Greek Desert Father •
John the Silent (452–558), Bishop of Taxara •
John Scholasticus (died 577), John III of Constantinople, 32nd Patriarch of Constantinople from 565 to 577 •
John IV of Constantinople (died 595), John the Faster, first Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 582 to 595 •
John the Merciful (), Melkite Patriarch of Alexandria and almoner •
John I Agnus ('the Lamb', ), 25th bishop of Tongres •
John of Verona (died 7th century),
Bishop of Verona who succeeded
Saint Maurus •
John of Syracuse (died ),
Bishop of Syracuse from 595 to •
John the Merciful (died ), Cypriot Patriarch of Alexandria •
John Climacus (579–649), Syrian or Byzantine monk and abbot •
John the Good (died or 669), Bishop of Milan •
John of Bergamo (died 690),
Bishop of Bergamo from •
John of Beverley (died 721), Anglian Bishop of York from 705 to 718 •
John of Damascus (676–749), John Damascene, Syrian hieromonk •
John of Pavia (died 813), Bishop of Pavia from 801 to 813 •
John IV of Naples (died 849), Bishop of Naples from 842 to 849 •
John of Tuy (died 9th century), Galician hermit in
Tui, Pontevedra, Spain •
John of Rila (876–946), Bulgarian priest and hermit •
John of Gorze (–974), John of Lorraine; abbot of Gorze Abbey, diplomat and monastic reformer •
Theodore the Varangian and his son John (died ), martyrs •
John Vincent (died 998), John X, Archbishop of Ravenna •
John Gradenigo (died 1025), Venetian nobleman, monk and hermit •
John Angelus (died ), Venetian monk in
Pomposa Abbey •
John of Autun,
Bishop of Autun •
John Theristus (1049–1129), Italian Benedictine monk
Eastern Orthodox •
John V of Constantinople (died 674), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 669 to 674 •
John of Gothia (died ), Bishop of Gothia (Gothic Crimea) •
John Vladimir ( –1016), Jovan Vladimir, King of Duklja, megalomartyr, myroblyte and wonderworker •
John VIII of Constantinople (–1075), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1064 to 1075 •
John of Karpathos (), Bishop of Karpathos and writer in the Philokalia •
John of Novgorod (died 1186), Archbishop of Novgorod from 1165 to 1186 •
John Kaloktenes (died ), John the New Merciful, Metropolitan of Thebes • (died 1330), Moldavian megalomartyr and monk who is the patron saint of
Saint John the New Monastery • John (died 1347), one of the
3 Martyrs of Vilnius •
John Kukuzelis (1280–1360), Byzantine composer, singer and reformer •
John Uroš (1350–1422 or 1423), Joasaph of Meteora, titular Emperor of Serbs and Greeks and monk •
John Branković (–1502), John the New; Despot of Serbia •
John the Hairy (died 1580), John the New Merciful, Russian fool for Christ and almoner •
John of Moscow (died ), Russian fool for Christ and wonderworker •
John of Tobolsk (1651–1715), Metropolitan of Tobolsk and ascetic •
John the Russian (–1730), Russian soldier, Ottoman slave and confessor of the faith •
John of Kronstadt (1829–1909), Russian archpriest and synod member •
John of Sonkajanranta (1884–1918), Johannes Karhapää, Finnish Karelian teacher, missionary and new martyr •
John Kochurov (1871–1917), Russian priest, missionary, hieromartyr and protomartyr of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia •
John of Valamo (1873–1958), hegumen (abbot) and schemamonk of New Valaam Monastery •
John of Shanghai and San Francisco (1896–1966), John the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco
Oriental Orthodox •
John of Ephesus (507–586), Syrian ecclesiastical historian •
John III of the Sedre (died 648), Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch
Roman Catholic •
John Gualbert (died 1073), founder of the Vallumbrosan Order •
John of Pulsano (1070–1139), Giovanni di Matera, Italian abbot •
John of Meda (1100–1159), Italian priest •
John of the Grating (1098–1168), Bishop of Aleth •
John of Tufara (1084–1170), Italian monastery founder •
John of Matha (1160–1213), French priest and founder of the Trinitarian Order •
John of Nepomuk (1340–1393), Bohemian vicar general of Jan of Jenštejn •
John of Capistrano (1386–1456), Italian friar, summoner of European troops for the 1456 siege of Belgrade •
John Cantius (1390–1473), Polish priest and theologian •
John of Sahagún (1419–1479), Spanish priest •
John Fisher ( – 1535), English cardinal and martyr •
Juan Diego (1474–1548), Nahua peasant who is said to have witnessed apparitions of Our Lady of Guadelupe •
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 of the Cross (1542–1591), Spanish Jewish converso friar, priest and mystic; joint founder of the Discalced Carmelites •
John Leonardi (1541–1609), Italian priest; founder of the Clerks Regular of the Mother of God of Lucca •
John de Ribera (1532–1611), Juan de Ribera, Bishop of Valencia •
John Ogilvie (saint) (1579–1615), Scottish priest and martyr •
John Sarkander (1576–1620), Polish priest and martyr •
John Berchmans (1599–1621), Flemish seminarian •
John Francis Regis (1597–1640), French priest •
John Macias (1585–1645), Spanish missionary •
John Eudes (1601–1680), Jean Eudes, French priest and founder of the Congregation of Jesus and Mary •
John de Britto (1647–1693), Portuguese missionary and martyr •
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 •
Jean Vianney (1786–1859), French priest and confessor •
John Neumann (1811–1860), Bohemian missionary, Bishop of Philadelphia and founder of the first American Catholic diocesan school system •
John Hoan Trinh Doan (–1861), Vietnamese priest and martyr •
John Bosco (1815–1888), Italian priest and educator; founder of the Salesians of Don Bosco and the Salesian Cooperators •
John Henry Newman (1801–1890), English Oratorian priest and convert from Anglicanism •
Pope John XXIII (1881–1963), Italian pope from 1958 to 1963 •
Pope John Paul II (1920–2005), Polish pope from 1978 to 2005
Groups of martyrs Forty Martyrs of England and Wales •
John Houghton (martyr) (1486–1535), English abbot •
John Stone (martyr) (died 1539), English friar •
John Rigby (martyr) (died 1600), English martyr •
John Roberts (martyr) ( – 1610), Welsh priest and prior of Saint Gregory's •
John Southworth (martyr) (1592–1654), English priest •
John Kemble (martyr) (1599–1679), English priest •
John Wall (priest and martyr) (1620–1679), English priest •
John Plessington (–1679), English priest •
Saint John Lloyd (died 1679), Welsh priest •
John Payne (martyr) (1532–1582), English priest •
John Boste (1544–1594), English priest •
John Jones (martyr) (died 1598), Welsh priest
North American Martyrs •
Jean de Lalande (died 1646), French missionary •
Jean de Brébeuf (1593–1649), French missionary
Vietnamese Martyrs •
John Dat (), Vietnamese priest •
John Charles Cornay (1809–1837), Jean-Charles Cornay, French missionary and martyr •
John Thanh Van Dinh (1796–1840), Vietnamese martyr •
John Gabriel Perboyre (1802–1840), Jean-Gabriel Perboyre, French missionary •
John Baptist Con (1805–1840), Vietnamese martyr
Korean Martyrs •
John Baptist Y (1800–1839), Korean martyr
Others •
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