Giovanni da Capestrano

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Giovanni da Capestrano, better known as Saint John of Capistrano, was a 15th-century Italian Franciscan friar, preacher, and inquisitor renowned for his role in leading Christian forces against the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Belgrade in 1456.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic priest
Catholic saint
Catholic theologian
Christian missionary
Franciscan friar
human
inquisitor
itinerant preacher
military chaplain
allyOf John Hunyadi NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs John of Capistrano NERFINISHED
Saint John of Capistrano NERFINISHED
San Giovanni da Capestrano NERFINISHED
birthCountry Italy NERFINISHED
birthDate 1386-06-24
birthPlace Capestrano NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Naples NERFINISHED
canonizationDate 1690-10-16
canonizationStatus canonized
canonizedBy Pope Alexander VIII NERFINISHED
citizenship Kingdom of Naples NERFINISHED
deathCause illness
deathDate 1456-10-23
deathPlace Ilok NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Hungary NERFINISHED
era 15th century
feastDay 10-23
hasFamilyName da Capestrano NERFINISHED
hasGivenName Giovanni NERFINISHED
John NERFINISHED
languageSpoken Italian
Latin
memberOf Observant Franciscans NERFINISHED
Order of Friars Minor NERFINISHED
movement Observant Franciscan reform movement
notableFor Observant Franciscan reform
anti-Ottoman preaching
inquisitorial activity against heresy
leading Christian forces at the Siege of Belgrade in 1456
missionary work in Central and Eastern Europe
occupation friar
inquisitor
missionary
preacher
theologian
participatedIn Crusade of 1456 NERFINISHED
Siege of Belgrade NERFINISHED
patronage Capistrano, California NERFINISHED
jurists
military chaplains
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
supportedBy Pope Callixtus III NERFINISHED

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Saint John of Capistrano nativeName Giovanni da Capestrano