John The Baptist
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Gender | Male |
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Born | Herodian Tetrarchy |
Died | Fortress Of Machaerus |
Jordan | |
Nickname | The Forerunner |
Canonized | Pre-Congregation |
Buried | Umayyad Mosque, Damascus, Syria |
Parents | Zechariah |
Elizabeth | |
Zechariah in Islam | |
Canon | Pre-Congregation |
Major shrine | Church of Saint John the Baptist |
Jerusalem | |
Umayyad Mosque | |
Damascus | |
Nabi Yahya Mosque | |
Sebastia | |
Place of burial | Nabi Yahya Mosque, Sebastia |
Predecessor | Zakariya |
Date of birth | January 1,5659 |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 419639 |
John The Baptist Life story
John the Baptist was a Judaean preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in the early 1st century AD. He is also known as John the Forerunner in Eastern Orthodoxy, John the Immerser in some Baptist Christian traditions, and Prophet Yahya in Islam. He is sometimes alternatively referred to as John the Baptiser.