# Saint John

Saint John or St. John usually refers to either John the Baptist or John the Apostle.
Saint John or St. John may also refer to:

## People
### Saints

* John the Baptist (c. 6 BC – c. AD 30), preacher, ascetic, and baptizer of Jesus Christ
* John the Evangelist (c. AD 6 – c. 100), presumed author of the Fourth Gospel, traditionally identified with John the Apostle
* John of Patmos, author of the Book of Revelation, traditionally identified with John the Apostle and the Evangelist
* John the Wonderworking Unmercenary (died c. 304), Egyptian or Mesopotamian healer
* John Chrysostom (c. 347 – 407), Antiochene Archbishop of Constantinople
* John Cassian (360–435), probably Scythia-Minor priest and abbot
* John and Paul (died 362), Roman martyrs
* John of Egypt (died 394), Egyptian hermit
* John the Silent (452–558), Bishop of Taxara
* Pope John I (470–526), Italian pope
* John of Ephesus (507–586), Syrian ecclesiastical historian
* John Climacus (579–649), Syrian or Byzantine monk and abbot
* John Scholasticus (died 577), 32nd Patriarch of Constantinople
* Patriarch John IV of Constantinople (died 595), also known as John the Faster, first Ecumenical Patriarch
* John the Merciful (died c. 610), Cyprian Patriarch of Alexandria
* John I Agnus ('the Lamb', 7th century), 25th bishop of Tongres
* John III of the Sedre (died 648), Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch
* John of Damascus (676–749), Syrian monk and priest, also known as John Damascene
* John of Beverley (died 721), Angle bishop
* John of Pavia (died 813), Bishop of Pavia
* John of Rila (876–946), Bulgarian priest and hermit
* John Gualbert (died 1073), Founder of the Vallumbrosan Order
* John Theristus (1049–1129), Italian Benedictine monk
* John of Pulsano (1070–1139), or Giovanni di Matera, Italian abbot
* John of Tufara (1084–1170), Italian monastery founder
* John of the Grating (1098–1168), Bishop of Aleth
* John of Matha (1160–1213), French priest; founder of the Trinitarian Order
* John of Meda (1100–1159), Italian priest
* John Kukuzelis (1280–1360), Byzantine Orthodox Christian composer, singer and reformer
* John of Nepomuk (1340–1393), Bohemian vicar general of Jan of Jenštejn
* John of Capistrano (1386–1456), Italian friar, summoner of European troops for the 1456 siege of Belgrade
* John Cantius (1390–1473), Polish priest and theologian
* John of Sahagún (1419–1479), Spanish priest
* John Fisher (c. 1469 – 1535), English cardinal and martyr
* Juan Diego (1474–1548), first Native-American saint
* John Houghton (martyr) (1486–1535), English abbot and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
* John Stone (martyr) (died 1539), English friar and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
* John of God (1495–1550), Portuguese friar; founder of the Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God
* John of Ávila (1500–1569), Spanish Jewish converso priest, missionary and mystic
* John Payne (martyr) (1532–1582), English priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
* John de Ribera (1532–1611), or Juan de Ribera, Bishop of Valencia
* John Leonardi (1541–1609), Italian priest; founder of the Clerks Regular of the Mother of God of Lucca
* John of the Cross (1542–1591), Spanish Jewish converso friar, priest and mystic; joint founder of the Discalced Carmelites
* John Boste (1544–1594), English priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
* John Rigby (martyr) (died 1600), English martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
* John Roberts (martyr) (c. 1577 – 1610), Welsh priest, Prior of Saint Gregory'sone of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
* John Sarkander (1576–1620), Polish priest and martyr
* John Ogilvie (saint) (1579–1615), Scottish priest and martyr
* John Jones (martyr) (died 1598), Welsh priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
* John Macias (1585–1645), Spanish missionary
* John Southworth (martyr) (1592–1654), English priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
* Jean de Brébeuf (1593–1649), French missionary and martyr (one of the North American Martyrs)
* John Francis Regis (1597–1640), French priest
* Jean de Lalande (died 1646), French missionary and martyr (one of the North American Martyrs)
* John Berchmans (1599–1621), Flemish seminarian
* John Kemble (martyr) (1599–1679), English priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
* John Eudes (1601–1680), or Jean Eudes, French priest and founder of the Congregation of Jesus and Mary
* John Wall (priest and martyr) (1620–1679), English priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
* John Plessington (c. 1637 – 1679), English priest and martyrone of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
* Saint John Lloyd (died 1679), Welsh priest and martyr (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
* John de Britto (1647–1693), Portuguese missionary and martyr
* John of Tobolsk (1651–1715), Metropolitan of Tobolsk
* Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651–1719), French priest; founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
* John Joseph of the Cross (1654–1739), Ischian friar, priest and Vicar Provincial of the Alcantarine Reform in Italy
* John Dat (c. 1765–1798), Vietnamese priest and martyr
* Jean Vianney (1786–1859), French priest
* John Hoan Trinh Doan (c. 1789/1798–1861), Vietnamese priest and martyr
* John Thanh Van Dinh (1796–1840), Vietnamese martyr
* John Baptist Y (1800–1839), one of the Korean Martyrs
* John Henry Newman (1801–1890), English Oratorian priest, convert from Anglicanism
* John Gabriel Perboyre (1802–1840), or Jean-Gabriel Perboyre, French missionary and martyr
* John Baptist Con (1805–1840), Vietnamese martyr
* John Charles Cornay (1809–1837), or Jean-Charles Cornay, French missionary and martyr
* John Neumann (1811–1860), Bohemian missionary, Bishop of Philadelphia, founder of the first American Catholic diocesan school system
* John Bosco (1815–1888), Italian priest and educator; founder of the Salesians of Don Bosco and the Salesian Cooperators
* John of Kronstadt (1829–1909), Russian archpriest and synod member
* John of Shanghai and San Francisco (1896–1966), also known as John the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco
* Pope John XXIII (1881–1963), Italian pope from 1958 to 1963
* Pope John Paul II (1920–2005), Polish pope from 1978 to 2005

### Others

* St John (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname

## Places
### Canada

* Saint John (electoral district), New Brunswick
* Saint John, New Brunswick, a port city on the Bay of Fundy
* Saint John River (Bay of Fundy), a river flowing through Saint John, New Brunswick
* Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint John, New Brunswick, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Moncton

### United States

* Saints John, Colorado, also known as Saint John, a former mining town
* St. John, Florida
* St. John, Indiana
* Saint John, Warrick County, Indiana
* St. John, Kansas
* Saint John, Kentucky
* Saint John Plantation, Maine
* Saint John River (Bay of Fundy), from northern Maine into Canada
* St. John, Missouri
* St. John, Pulaski County, Missouri
* St. John, North Dakota
* St. John, Utah, Rush Valley, Utah
* Saint John, Austin, Texas, a neighborhood
* St. John, Washington
* St. John, Wisconsin
* Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands, an island in the Caribbean Sea
* Saint John, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, a small town on Saint Croix
* St. John Township (disambiguation)

### Elsewhere

* Saint John Parish, Antigua and Barbuda, a parish on the island of Antigua
* Saint John Parish, Barbados
* Saint John Parish, Dominica
* Saint John Parish, Grenada
* Saint John, Jersey, a parish of Jersey in the Channel Islands
* Saint John, Malacca, original name of the Portuguese settlement in Malaysia
* St John, Cornwall, England

## Other uses

* 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
* St. John Publications, a defunct American magazine and Golden Age comic book publisher
* "St. John", a song by Aerosmith from Permanent Vacation (Aerosmith album), 1987