Saint John

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Christian saint New Testament figure apostle biblical author evangelist

Saint John is a key figure in early Christianity traditionally identified as one of Jesus’s Twelve Apostles and the author of several New Testament writings, including the Gospel of John and the Book of Revelation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian saint ⓘ
New Testament figure ⓘ
apostle ⓘ
biblical author ⓘ
evangelist ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Apostle John ⓘ
surface form: John the Apostle

Apostle John ⓘ
surface form: John the Evangelist

Apostle John ⓘ
surface form: Saint John the Theologian
associatedPlace Ephesus ⓘ
island of Patmos ⓘ
surface form: Patmos
associatedWith Book of Revelation ⓘ
First Epistle of John ⓘ
Gospel of John ⓘ
Johannine literature ⓘ
Second Epistle of John ⓘ
Third Epistle of John ⓘ
closelyAssociatedWith Apostle James the Greater ⓘ
surface form: James the Greater

Apostle Peter ⓘ
surface form: Peter the Apostle
familyRelation brother of James the Greater (traditional identification) ⓘ
son of Zebedee (traditional identification) ⓘ
feastDay 26 September ⓘ
27 December ⓘ
8 May ⓘ
feastDayInEasternOrthodoxChurch 26 September ⓘ
8 May ⓘ
feastDayInRomanCatholicChurch 27 December ⓘ
followerOf Jesus Christ ⓘ
iconographicAttribute book ⓘ
chalice with serpent ⓘ
scroll ⓘ
languageOfWritings Koine Greek ⓘ
memberOf Twelve Apostles ⓘ
surface form: Twelve Apostles of Jesus
mentionedIn Acts of the Apostles ⓘ
Synoptic Gospels ⓘ
patronage friendship ⓘ
publishers ⓘ
theologians ⓘ
writers ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
roleInChristianity key figure in early Christianity ⓘ
symbol eagle ⓘ
theologicalEmphasis Logos ⓘ
surface form: Logos (Word of God)

light ⓘ
love ⓘ
truth ⓘ
title Apostle ⓘ
Evangelist ⓘ
Theologian ⓘ
traditionalAuthorOf Book of Revelation ⓘ
First Epistle of John ⓘ
Gospel of John ⓘ
Second Epistle of John ⓘ
Third Epistle of John ⓘ
traditionallyBelievedToHaveDiedIn Ephesus ⓘ
traditionallyBelievedToHaveWrittenRevelationOn island of Patmos ⓘ
veneratedIn Anglican Communion ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

European Lutheran churches ⓘ
surface form: Lutheran Churches

Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apostle John → alsoKnownAs → Saint John ⓘ
Kelso Abbey → dedicatedTo → Saint John ⓘ
John → honorificTitle → Saint John ⓘ
subject surface form: John of Patmos
Jack → nameDayTraditionLinkedTo → Saint John ⓘ
Seán → nameDayTraditionLinkedTo → Saint John ⓘ