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5 days ago · John the Baptist is a mysterious figure in the New Testament. He was famous in his own day, even before he became the herald of Christ. We even know about him from outside the New Testament. The Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist is June 24 (or June 23 in most places in 2022, because of the coincidence with the Solemnity of the ...
2 days ago · In the Gospel of John, Jesus and his disciples go to Judea early in Jesus's ministry before John the Baptist was imprisoned and executed by Herod Antipas. He leads a ministry of baptism larger than John's own.
4 days ago · “John the Baptist with the Scribes and Pharisees” is an oil painting from ca. 1655 that now hangs in the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England. The figure of John, in camel-hair clothing and bearing a cross staff, recurs in Murillo’s paintings: we saw its basic outline on this Sunday last year.
5 days ago · August 29: MARTYRDOM OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST. MASS PRAYERS AND READINGS. St. John’s fearless condemnation of Herod’s unlawful marriage incurred the hatred of...
3 days ago · The Order of St John, short for Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (French: l'ordre très vénérable de l'Hôpital de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem) and also known as St John International, is an order of chivalry constituted in 1888 by royal charter from Queen Victoria and dedicated to St John the Baptist.
3 days ago · History. The cathedral, located on Unthank Road, was constructed between 1882 and 1910 to designs by George Gilbert Scott, Jr. as a parish church dedicated to John the Baptist, on the site of the Norwich City Gaol.
4 days ago · XLV.—THE AUGUSTINIAN PRIORY OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, HOLYWELL. General History of the Priory. Dugdale, Tanner and Newcourt, followed by Ellis and all other writers, date the foundation of Holywell Priory before the year 1127.
