JUNE 24 - THE NATIVITY OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST
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Iohannes Baptista
Joannes Baptista
John the Baptizer
John the Forerunner
John, son of Zachary
Juan Bautista
Yochanan ben Zecharyah
Memorial
24 June (birth)
29 August (death)
24 February (discovery of his relics)
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Cousin of Jesus Christ. Son of Zachary, a priest of the order of Abia whose job in the temple was to burn incense; and of Elizabeth, a descendent of Aaron. As Zachary was ministering in the Temple, an angel brought him news that Elizabeth would bear a child filled with the Holy Spirit from the moment of his birth. Zachary doubted and was struck dumb until John’s birth.
Prophet. John began his ministry around age 27, wearing a leather belt and a tunic of camel hair, living off locusts and wild honey, and preaching a message of repentance to the people of Jerusalem. He converted many, and prepared the way for the coming of Jesus. He Baptized Christ, after which he stepped away and told his disciples to follow Jesus.
Imprisoned by King Herod. He died a victim of the vengeance of a jealous woman; he was beheaded, and his head brought to her on a platter. Saint Jerome says Herodias kept the head for a long time after, occasionally stabbing the tongue with his dagger because of what John had said in life.
Died
beheaded c.30 at Machaerus
buried at Sebaste, Samaria
relics in Saint Sylvester’s church, Rome, Italy, and at Amiens, France
Canonized
Pre-Congregation
Patronage
against convulsions
against epilepsy
against migraines
convulsive children
epileptics
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bird dealers
cutlers
cutters
farriers
health spas
innkeepers
monks
printers
tailors
tanners
wool carders or combers
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against hail
against hailstorms
against spasms
Baptism
baptisteries
converts
death row prisoners
French Canadians
lambs
monastic life
motorways, highways, roads
prisoners
singers
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Jordan
Puerto Rico
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Almenara, Brazil, diocese of
Auchi, Nigeria, diocese of
Belley-Ars, France, diocese of
Charleston, South Carolina, diocese of
Dodge City, Kansas, diocese of
Genoa, Italy, archdiocese of
Gurk, Austria, diocese of
Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza, Italy, diocese of
Ndalatando, Angola, diocese of
Nicolet, Québec, diocese of
Paterson, New Jersey, diocese of
Portland, Maine, diocese of
Ragusa, Italy, diocese of
Saint John’s, Newfoundland, diocese of
Savannah, Georgia, diocese of
Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo, Italy, diocese of
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Herve
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Welkenraedt

in Brazil
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Torino
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in Mexico
San Juan Chamula, Chiapas
San Juan Cosala
San Juan Tecomatlan

in Montenegro
Budua

Utrecht, Netherlands

in the Philippines
Badiangan
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Igbaras, Iloilo
Kalibo, Aklan

in Portugal
Angra do Heroísmo
Horta

in Scotland
Pluscarden Abbey

in Spain
Albacete
Badajoz
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Ciutadella, Menorca
Leioa

Grubbenvorst, Netherlands
Ivanska, Croatia
Macau, China
Penzance, Cornwall, England
Quebec, Canada
San Juan Indian Pueblo
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Xewkija, Gozo, Malta
Wroclaw, Poland
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Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers
Representation
cross in hand
lamb
severed head on a platter
skin of an animal
slender cross
tall, thin cross