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John the Baptist [note 1] (c. 6 BC [18] – c. AD 30) was a Jewish preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in the early 1st century AD. [19] [20] He is also known as Saint John the Forerunner in Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy, John the Immerser in some Baptist Christian traditions, [21] and as the prophet Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyā (Arabic: النبي يحيى, An-Nabī Yaḥyā ...
Nativity of Saint John the Baptist, Zechariah writing, "His name is John". Pontormo, on a desco da parto, c. 1526. Christians have long interpreted the life of John the Baptist as a preparation for the coming of Jesus Christ, and the circumstances of his birth, as recorded in the New Testament, are miraculous. John's pivotal place in the gospel ...
The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, Benozzo Gozzoli, 1461–62, National Gallery of Art; The Head of St John the Baptist, Giovanni Bellini, 1464–68; The Beheading of St. John the Baptist, Lieven van Lathem, 1469, The J. Paul Getty Museum; Herod's Feast, Heydon, Norfolk, c. 1470, wall painting in an English parish ...
Saint John the Baptist, c. 1518, by Raphael – a precedent for Caravaggio's treatment of the Baptist In 1601/02 Caravaggio was apparently living and painting in the palazzo of the Mattei family , inundated with commissions from wealthy private clients following the success of the Contarelli chapel where in 1600 he had displayed The Martyrdom ...
The Basilica of Saint John the Baptist will celebrate its 200th anniversary on Sunday. Canton's first Catholic Church is also one of the oldest parishes in Northeast Ohio. Rev. David Misbrener ...
Saint John the Baptist is a High Renaissance oil painting on walnut wood by Leonardo da Vinci. Likely to have been completed between 1513 and 1516, it is believed to be his final painting. Likely to have been completed between 1513 and 1516, it is believed to be his final painting.
St John Ambulance, a foundation established by the Order of St. John; Order of Saint John (chartered 1888), a royal order of chivalry established in 1831; St. John (clothing), a luxury American fashion brand; St. John (crater), an eroded lunar impact crater on the Moon's far side; St. John (restaurant), Smithfield, London
Saint John the Baptist (preaching) is a bronze sculpture, by Auguste Rodin. After the controversy of his Age of Bronze , Rodin began modeling the larger than life figure in 1877. He showed a plaster model at the Salon of 1880.