Burning of St John (also known as The Legend of the Relics of St. John the Baptist) by Geertgen tot Sint Jans (1484), one panel of a triptych which has been cut into two pieces, currently in Vienna. (Some good information about this painting, Snyder, James, E. 1960. The early Haarlem School of Painting: II. Geertgen Tot Sint Jans The Art Bulletin, Vol 4, 1960. The priests? Knights? featured in this image all wear black robes with the white cross of St John, however none of the beasts featured in the current heraldry are present.
Since there are so many possible patron saints of St Johns Ambulance Australia, I'm starting my research into the organisation seeing how far back I can trace it. The further back I can follow it, the more patrons I can knock off the list.
I've trolled through a number of the St Johns Ambulance Historical
Society proceedings and have discovered a number of key figures in their
history, mostly leaders / founders of order chapters in different
locations. I believe some of these figures are some of the St Johns
listed in Wikipedia so I can scrap them from the list. They are: St John at Acre (Guerin de Montaigu (1207–1228), 13th Grandmaster), St John at Rhodes (Pierre D’Aubusson (1476–1503)), St John of Malta (Philip Villiers de L’Isle Adam (1521–1534), Pietro del Ponte (1534–1535), Didier St Jaille (1535–1536), John de Homedes (Juan de Omedes) (1536–1553), Claude de la Sengle (1553–1557)).
So basically, any St John post 1207 is now off the list.
So basically, any St John post 1207 is now off the list.
John the
Evangelist (born 1st century), speculated author of the Fourth Gospel,
traditionally identified with John the Apostle
John of
Patmos, author of the Book of Revelation, traditionally identified with John
the Apostle and Evangelist
John the
Baptist, preacher, ascetic (c. 5 BC – c. 30 AD), and reported baptizer of Jesus
Christ
John the
Wonderworking Unmercenary (d. c. 304), Egyptian or Mesopotamian healer
John
Chrysostom (c. 340 – 407), Antiochene Archbishop of Constantinople
John Cassian
(360 – 435), probably Scythia-Minor priest and abbot
John and Paul
(d. 362), Roman martyrs
John of Egypt
(d. 394), Egyptian hermit
John the
Silent (452-558), Bishop of Taxara
Pope John I
(died 526), Italian pope
John of
Ephesus (507-586), Syrian ecclesiatical historian
John Climacus
(525–606), Syrian or Byzantine monk and abbot
John
Scholasticus (died 577), 32nd Patriarch of Constantinople
Patriarch John
IV of Constantinople (d. 595), also known as John the Faster, first Ecumenical
Patriarch
John the
Merciful (died c. 610), Cyprian Patriarch of Alexandria
John of
Damascus (676–749), Syrian monk and priest, also known as John Damascene
John of
Beverley (died 721), Angle bishop
John of Pavia
(died 813), Bishop of Pavia
John of Rila
(876–946), Bulgarian priest and hermit
John Gualbert
(985-1073), Founder of the Vallumbrosan Order
John Theristus
(1049-1129), Italian benedictine monk
John of
Pulsano (1070-1139), or Giovanni di Matera, Italian abbot
John of the
Grating (1098-1168), Bishop of Aleth
John of Matha
(1160–1213), French priest; founder of the Trinitarian Order
John of Meda
(died 1159), Italian priest
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St Johns Ambulance Australia (a great group of people who volunteer their first aid assistance at many major events across Australia, I was a cadet in the organization many years ago - volunteer or donate today!)
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