John the Evangelist

Saint

John the Evangelist
Saint; John the Evangelist
	Detail from a window in the parish church of SS Mary and Lambert, Stonham Aspal, Suffolk, with stained glass representing St John the Evangelist
Evangelist, Apostle, Theologian
Born	Between c. AD 6–9
Died	c. AD 100 (aged c. 92)
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church; Eastern Catholic Churches; Oriental Orthodox Churches; Eastern Orthodox Church; Anglican Communion; Lutheranism; Aglipayan Church;
Feast	27 December (Western Christianity); 8 May and 26 September (Repose) (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Attributes	Eagle, Chalice, Scrolls
Major works	Gospel of John (traditional attribution); Epistles of John (traditional attribution); Revelation (traditional attribution);

John the Evangelist^[a] (c. 8 AD - c. 100 AD) is the name traditionally given to the author of the Gospel of John. Christians have traditionally identified him with John the Apostle, John of Patmos, and John the Presbyter,^[2] although there is no consensus on how many of these may actually be the same individual.^[3]

^ Saint Sophronius of Jerusalem (2007) [c. 600], "The Life of the Evangelist John", The Explanation of the Holy Gospel According to John, House Springs, Missouri, United States: Chrysostom Press, pp. 2–3, ISBN 978-1-889814-09-4
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[Theophylact-1] Saint Sophronius of Jerusalem (2007) [c. 600], "The Life of the Evangelist John", The Explanation of the Holy Gospel According to John, House Springs, Missouri, United States: Chrysostom Press, pp. 2–3, ISBN 978-1-889814-09-4

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