Jonah the Prophet

Jan 102009
 

[Jonah the Prophet]
Also known as

  • Ionas
  • Yona
  • Yunaan
  • Yunus

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Old Testament patriarch. Hero of the Book of Jonah, he was so reluctant to deliver his prophecy against the city of Nineveh that God had to have him swallowed by a giant fish and then spat out on the city’s shore.

Died

  • c.6th century B.C.

Canonized

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