Saint John the Physician

Memorial

• 31 January

Profile

Arab physician. Friend of Saint Cyrus the Physician. May have been a monk, and certainly lived a lot like one. Tortured and martyred with Cyrus, Saint Athanasia and her three daughters during the persecutions of Diocletian.

Born

• Syria

Died

• beheaded in 312 in Alexandria, Egypt
• relics moved to Rome, Italy

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Heiligen 3s
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint John the Physician“. Saints.SQPN.com. 30 January 2013. Web. 18 May 2013. <>