Saint John can either refer to John the Baptist or John the Apostle. However, John the Baptist is more commonly referred to as Saint John.
Saint James the Greater is known as the brother of Saint John the Apostle. They were both apostles of Jesus and were referred to as the "Sons of Thunder" in the Bible.
If you are talking about the relic of St. John Bosco that is currently touring the world, it consists of some arm bones of the saint that have been encased inside a life size, very realistic statue of the saint.
Yes, in Christian tradition, Saint John the Apostle and Saint John the Evangelist are believed to be the same person. He is one of the twelve apostles of Jesus and is also credited with writing the Gospel of John, the Epistles of John, and the Book of Revelation.
There were several people in the bible who were named john and are considered Saints. John the Baptist John the Disiciple of Jesus John who wrote the Gospel of John John who wrote the Letters of John John who wrote the Book of Revelation There is debate about some of these whether they were all different people or some of these might have been the same person. Nobody is really sure.
There are over 100 saints named John. Please be specific.
John and Edward Grimes, commonly referred to as Jedward.
There are over 100 saints named John. Please be more specific.
Saint John Vianney, the patron saint of priests, heard lots and lots of confessions. Confession is the Catholic sacrament by which the confessing person's sins are forgiven him by God. So Saint John Vianney helped people be forgiven by hearing their confessions.
WHICH St. John is the person referring to? John the Baptist? John the Apostle? Or one of many, many other St. Johns.
Nearly 1200 years of time separate these two saints. No, they are not the same person.
John the Baptist is not the patron saint of teachers.
Yes, St. John Vianney was a real person. He was a priest in a small parish in Ars, France, in the 1800s.