Saint John Before the Latin Gate

Memorial

• 6 May

About the Feast

Commemorates the attempted martyrdom of Saint John the Apostle in 95. John was bound and brought to Rome, Italy from Ephesus by the order of Domitian; the Senate condemned him to be taken to the Latin Gate and thrown in a cauldron of boiling oil. John stepped out of the cauldron without injury, and instead of exiled to Patmos.

MLA Citation

• “Saint John Before the Latin Gate”. New Catholic Dictionary. Saints.SQPN.com. 6 May 2012. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-john-before-the-latin-gate/>