St. John the Evangelist
(Apostle) is a disciple of Christ; he followed Jesus after the miraculous
draught of fishes on the Sea of Galilee and was with him at the most important
moments. At the foot of the Cross he supported the failing Virgin. After
the Apostles scattered, he traveled to Asia and settled in Ephesus with
the Virgin. There he was arrested and thrown into burning oil, but was
unhurt. Under Emperor Dominitian he was exiled to island Patmos, where
in the company of an eagle he wrote the Revelations. After amnesty he returned
to Ephesus, where he composed his Gospel. There he survived an ordeal set
by the high priest of Ephesus: he was unaffected by a beverage concocted
from snake's venom, when offered a chalice, St. John blessed it, and the
venom in the form of a snake, was miraculously drawn from the liquid. A
legend also says that he was lifted up in an Assumption by an angel. He
is the patron saint of booksellers. In fine arts he is often depicted with
an Eagle, book (Gospel or Revelation), snake or dragon emerging from a
cup or chalice.
See: Jacopo Bellini. St.
John the Evangelist
(left); The Apostle Peter (right).
Herri Met de Bles. St.
John on Patmos.
Hieronymus Bosch St.
John the Evangelist on Patmos.
Botticelli Virgin
and Child Enthroned between Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist;Coronation
of the Virgin with the Saints John the Evangelist, Augustine, Jerome and
Eligius. (San Marco altarpiece).
Correggio Vision
of St. John Evangelist, John
the Evangelist.
Duccio di Buoninsegna. Maestà:
Parting
from St. John.
Anthony van Dyck Evangelist
John.
Giotto Madonna
and Child with St. Nicholas, St. John the Evangelist, St. Peter and St.
Benedict. Vision of John the Evangelist
on Patmos.
El Greco St.
John the Evangelist.
Alexander Ivanov Head
of John the Evangelist.
Jacob Jordaens. The
Four Evangelists.
Masolino St.
John the Evangelist and St. Martin of Tours.
Hans Memling Altar
of Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist, St.
John the Evangelist.
Piero della Francesca. St.
John the Evangelist.
Titian St.
John the Evangelist on Patmos.
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