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ST/JD/24

John the Baptist

Gender
Male
Floruit (period)
Biblical
Floruit date range
? - ?
Description
The ‘forerunner’ of Christ; son of Zachariah and Elizabeth. He preached repentance and baptism on the river Jordan; he baptised Christ. His denunciation of Herod Antipas for his marriage led to his imprisonment and death. The early importance of his cult is testified by his place in the traditional Canon of the Mass.
Categories
major type minor type confidence notes
Other N.T. Saints Biblical 100 None
ethnicity
ethnicity description confidence notes
no ethnicity available
feast days
month day fixed? description notes
6 24 yes Nativity None
8 29 yes Beheading None
symbolic attributes
attribute notes
Dressed in skins pointing to a lamb None
specialist associations
association notes
no specialist associations