Name saints

Saints named John

31 saints with the name John, which is also written Johan, Johannes, Jon, Jan, Juan, João, Giovanni, Gianni, Jean, Hans, Ivan, Ioannis, Jens, Sean, Seán, Ian, Iain, Evan, Jack, Johnny, Janusz, Jovan or Juhani. A name day is usually kept on the feast of one’s name saint: for John, for example on 24 June, the feast of Saint John the Baptist.

• Saint John the Baptist

  The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (24 June) · The Passion of Saint John the Baptist (29 August)

  24 June and 29 AugustSolemnity

• Saint John the Evangelist

  Apostle and Evangelist

  27 DecemberFeast

• Saint John of the Cross

  Priest and Doctor of the Church · Carmelite friar, mystic and Doctor of the Church · Doctor of the Church

  14 DecemberMemorialVisit the tomb

• Saint John Bosco

  Priest · Founder of the Salesians, father and teacher of the young

  31 JanuaryMemorialVisit the tomb

• Saint John Vianney

  Priest · The Curé of Ars, patron of parish priests

  4 AugustMemorialVisit the tomb

• Saint John Baptist de la Salle

  Priest

  7 AprilMemorial

• Saint John Chrysostom

  Bishop and Doctor of the Church · Doctor of the Church

  13 SeptemberMemorial

• Saint John of Avila

  Priest and Doctor of the Church · Spanish priest, Doctor of the Church · Doctor of the Church

  10 MayOptional memorialVisit the tomb

• Saint John Fisher

  Martyrs · English Roman Catholic cardinal and saint

  22 JuneOptional memorialVisit the tomb

• Saint John de Brébeuf

  Martyrs · Jesuit missionary and martyr

  19 OctoberOptional memorialVisit the tomb

• Saint John Paul II

  Pope · 264th pope of the Catholic Church

  22 OctoberOptional memorialVisit the tomb

• Saint John of God

  Religious

  8 MarchOptional memorial

• Saint John Eudes

  Priest · French Catholic priest

  19 AugustOptional memorialVisit the tomb

• Saint John Henry Newman

  Priest · Doctor of the Church

  9 OctoberOptional memorial

• Saint John XXIII

  Pope · Pope who opened the Second Vatican Council

  11 OctoberOptional memorialVisit the tomb

• Saint John Damascene

  Priest and Doctor of the Church · Doctor of the Church

  4 DecemberOptional memorial

• Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin

  9 DecemberOptional memorial

• Saint John of Kanty

  Priest · Polish priest, Scholastic philosopher, physicist and theologian

  23 DecemberOptional memorialVisit the tomb

• Saint John I

  Pope and Martyr

  18 MayOptional memorial

• Saint John of Capistrano

  Priest

  23 OctoberOptional memorial

• Saint Juan de Ribera

  Roman Catholic archbishop and saint

  6 JanuaryVisit the tomb

• Saint John the Good

  Archbishop of Milan

  10 JanuaryVisit the tomb

• Saint John Sarkander

  Czech saint

  17 MarchVisit the tomb

• Saint John Mark

  Biblical saint

  25 AprilVisit the tomb

• Saint John of Beverley

  8th‑century Anglo‑Saxon bishop of Hexham and York, early medieval English saint

  7 MayVisit the tomb

• Saint John Berchmans

  Catholic Jesuit saint

  13 AugustVisit the tomb

• Blessed Juan Bautista

  18 SeptemberVisit the tomb

• Saint John of Dukla

  Polish saint

  29 SeptemberVisit the tomb

• Blessed Juan de Palafox y Mendoza

  Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop and Viceroy of New Spain

  6 OctoberVisit the tomb

• Blessed John Duns Scotus

  Priest, friar, philosopher, theologian, college teacher

  8 NovemberVisit the tomb

• Saint John of Trogir

  Dalmatian Roman Catholic Bishop and saint in the middle ages

  14 NovemberVisit the tomb

Feast days from the General Roman Calendar of the Catholic Church, our saints’ tombs, martyrs and Doctors of the Church. Local calendars may keep other days. Missing a saint? Tell us.