Duodecim Apostoli
Saint John
Apostle · Evangelist · Beloved Disciple
- Given name
- John (son of Zebedee)
- Feast day
- December 27
- Symbols
- Eagle · chalice with serpent
- New Testament
- Gospel of John · three Epistles · Book of Revelation
- Death
- Natural death at Ephesus, c. AD 100, the only apostle not martyred by blood
Brother of James the Greater, John reclined beside Christ at the Last Supper and stood at the foot of the Cross, where Jesus entrusted Mary to his care. He preached in Asia Minor and was exiled to Patmos, where he received the Revelation. His Gospel and letters breathe the theology of divine love.
This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things, and who has written these things. (John 21:24)