John Hambley, Blessed
More than once this priest offered to conform to the state-mandated religion, but at last he died a martyr.
John Houghton, Saint
Biography of the Carthusian martyr, who died in 1535, and details on some of his companions in martyrdom.
John I, Pope Saint
A Tuscan, was warmly received in Constantinople, but upon his return to Rome, was imprisoned by King Theodoric. Pope John died in prison in 526.
John II, Pope
A Roman and the son of Projectus; if not born in the second region (Coelimontium) he had at least been a priest of St. Clement's Basilica.
John IV, Pope
A native of Dalmatia, and the son of the scholasticus (advocate) Venantius.
John Joseph of the Cross, Saint
Italian Franciscan priest, had the gift of miracles, d. 1739.
John Larke, Blessed
Parish priest and friend of St. Thomas More. Martyred at Tyburn in 1543/4, along with another priest (Bl. John Ireland) and the layman Bl. German Gardiner.
John Lloyd, Saint
Welsh priest and martyr, executed at Cardiff in 1679. Article also has information on his fellow martyr the Jesuit Philip Evans.
John Martin Moye, Blessed
Biography of the founder of the Sisters of Divine Providence, and missionary to China. He died in 1793.
John Nepomucene, Saint
Biography of the vicar general of the Archdiocese of Prague, who was tortured and then thrown into the Moldau and drowned, by order of King Wenceslaus IV, in 1393.
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