Saint John or St. John may refer to: [edit] People [edit] Saints - John the Baptist, preacher, ascetic and baptizer of Jesus Christ
- John the Apostle, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus
- John the Evangelist, speculated author of the Fourth Gospel, traditionally identified with the Apostle
- John of Patmos, author of the Book of Revelation, traditionally identified with the Apostle and Evangelist
- See Saints Cyrus and John for John the Wonderworking Unmercenary (d. ca. 304), Egyptian or Mesopotamian healer
- Saint John (d. 366), Persian priest martyred with Abda and Abdjesus
- Saint John of Egypt (d. 394), Egyptian hermit
- Saint John Chrysostom (347-407), Antiochene Archbishop of Constantinople
- Saint John Cassian (ca. 360-435), probably Scythia-Minor priest and abbot
- Pope John I (d. 526), Italian pope
- Saint John of Ephesus (ca. 507-ca. 586), Syriac bishop
- Saint John Climacus (ca. 525-606), Syrian or Byzantine monk and abbot
- Saint John the Merciful (d. ca. 620), Cyprian Patriarch of Alexandria
- Saint John of Beverley (d. 721), Angle bishop
- Saint John of Damascus (ca. 676-749), Syrian monk and priest - also known as John Damascene
- Saint John of Pavia (d. 813), Bishop of Pavia
- Saint John of Rila (876-ca. 946), Bulgarian priest and hermit
- Saint John of Meda (d. 1159), Italian priest
- Saint John of Matha (1154-1213), French priest; founder of the Trinitarian Order
- Saint John The New (ro:Sfântul Ioan cel Nou), Patron Saint of Moldavia, killed 1330 at Cetatea Albă
- Saint John of Nepomuk (ca. 1345-1393), Bohemian vicar general of Jan of Jenštejn
- Saint Giovanni da Capistrano (1386-1456), Italian friar; summoner of European troops for the 1456 siege of Belgrade
- Saint John Fisher (ca. 1469-1535), English cardinal and martyr
- Saint John Houghton (martyr) (ca. 1486-1535), English abbot and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
- Saint John Stone (martyr) (d. 1538/1539), English friar and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
- Saint John of God (1495-1550), Portuguese friar; founder of the Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God
- Saint John of Avila (1500-1569), Spanish Jewish converso priest, missionary and mystic
- Saint John Payne (martyr) (1532-1582), English priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
- Saint John Jones (martyr) (d. 1598), Welsh priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
- Saint John Leonardi (1541-1609), Italian priest; founder of the Clerks Regular of the Mother of God of Lucca
- Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591), Spanish Jewish converso friar, priest and mystic; joint founder of the Discalced Carmelites
- Saint John Boste (ca. 1544-1594), English priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
- Saint John Rigby (martyr) (ca. 1570-1600), English martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
- Saint John Roberts (martyr) (1575/1576-1610), Welsh priest, Prior of St. Gregory's and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales); founder of St. Gregory's
- Saint John Sarkander (1576-1620), Polish priest and martyr
- Saint John Ogilvie (1579-1615), Scottish priest and martyr
- Saint John Southworth (martyr) (1592-1654), English priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
- Saint Jean de Brébeuf (1593-1649), French missionary and martyr (one of the North American Martyrs)
- Saint John Kemble (martyr) (1599-1679), English priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
- Saint John Wall (1620-1679), English priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
- Saint John Plessington (ca. 1637-1679), English priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales) - also known as John Plesington, William Scarisbrick and William Pleasington
- See Saints Philip Evans and John Lloyd for Saint John Lloyd (d. 1679), Welsh priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
- Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle (1651-1719), French priest; founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
- Saint John Joseph of the Cross (1654-1739), Ischian friar, priest and Vicar Provincial of the Alcantarine Reform in Italy
- Saint John Dat (ca. 1765-1798), Vietnamese priest and martyr
- Saint Jean Vianney (1786-1859), French priest
- Saint John Hoan Trinh Doan (ca. 1789/1798-1861), Vietnamese priest and martyr
- Saint John Thanh Van Dinh (1796-1840), Vietnamese martyr
- Saint John Baptist Con (1805-1840), Vietnamese martyr
- Saint Jean-Charles Cornay (1809-1837), French priest, missionary and martyr (one of the Vietnamese Martyrs)
- Saint John Baptist Chon Chang-Un (ca. 1810-1866), one of the Korean Martyrs
- Saint John Neumann (1811-1860), Bohemian missionary, American Provincial Superior of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer and Bishop of Philadelphia; founder of the first American Catholic diocesan school system
- Saint John Bosco (1815-1888), Italian priest and educator; founder of the Salesians of Don Bosco and the Salesian Cooperators
- Saint John Baptist Nam Chong-Sam (ca. 1816-1866), one of the Korean Martyrs
- Saint Jean-Louis Bonnard (1824-1852), French priest, missionary and martyr (one of the Vietnamese Martyrs)
- Saint John of Kronstadt (1829-1908), Russian archpriest and synod member
- Saint Jean-Théophane Vénard (1829-1861), French priest, missionary and martyr (one of the Vietnamese Martyrs)
- Saint John the New Martyr of China (Metrophanes, Chi Sung), killed in the Boxer Rebellion, 1900
- See Abraham, Ethnus, Acrates, James, and John for Saint John (era unknown), Ethiopian martyr
- Saint John of Samanoud (era unknown), fellow Egyptian martyr of James of Manug
- See Abraham and Onesimus of Kiev for Saint John of Kiev, Russian infant
[edit] In other languages [edit] With 'St. John' as a surname [edit] Places [edit] Canada [edit] United Kingdom [edit] 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 (New Brunswick), Maine and New Brunswick (Canada)
- Saint John Rock, a summit of Savage Mountain, Maryland
- The Basilica of Saint John The Evangelist, Connecticut
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