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No John the Baptist was not rich as he wore clothes of sheep skin, and ate locusts and honey.
John the Baptist
You are describing John the Baptist. Try Mark 1:6 or Matthew 3 for further reference.
John lived in the desert, wore coarse camel hair clothing and ate locusts and wild honey. He preached redemption to anyone who came his way and baptized a repentance of sins.
John the Baptist .
Tradition has it that John the Baptist was an orphan and adopted by the Essenes who are Hebrew monks. They wore sackcloth and lived off the land. That is why John the Baptist had such peculiar habits.
John the Baptist.
John the Baptist is often associated with eating locusts and honey, but there is no mention of him having a specific animal. According to the Bible, he lived in the wilderness and wore clothing made of camel's hair.
Locust - John the Baptist ate them. Bees - Sampson found a hive in the carcass of a lion
Though not specifically mentioned in Scripture, most all people wore sandals.
St John the Baptist. See St Matthew 3, 4
There is a St. John the Baptist but no St. John Paul the Baptist.