Saint John of Beverley

Also known as

• John of York

Memorial

• 12 October
• 25 October (translation of relics)
• 7 May on some calendars

Profile

Studied at Canterbury under Saint Adrian and Saint Theodore. Benedictine monk at Whitby. Bishop of Hexham, England in 687. Metropolitan of York, England in 705. Founded a monastery at Inderawood (later Beverley), which became an important ecclesiastical center. Ordained the Venerable Bede who wrote of him, and recorded miracles worked by him. John always preferred the contemplative life and retired to the Inderawood Abbey in 717. King Henry V’s victory at Agincourt was attributed to the aid of Saint John and Saint John of Bridlington.

Born

• at Harpham, Yorkshire, England

Died

• 7 May 721 at Inderawood Abbey, England of natural causes
• relics in the Beverley cathedral
• his tomb was a popular pilgrimage point for centuries

Canonized

• 1037 by Pope Benedict IX

Patronage

• diocese of Middlesbrough, England

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Brittania Biographies
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Ecole Glossary
• Kirken i Norge
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Roman Martyrology

MLA Citation

• “Saint John of Beverley“. Saints.SQPN.com. 13 May 2013. Web. 19 June 2013. <>