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![[Saint John of Beverley]](http://saints.sqpn.com/saintj5x.jpg "27kb jpg detail of an icon of Saint John of Beverley; from the Saint George Orthodox Information Service")
Also known as
- John of York
- 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
- 7 May 721 at Inderawood Abbey, England of natural causes
- relics in the Beverley cathedral
- his tomb was a popular pilgrimage point for centuries
- 1037 by Pope Benedict IX
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. 24 May 2013. <>
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