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Encyclopedia > St John the Evangelist

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Basilica of St John, St john church (269 words)
The church of St John was changed into a marvelous basilica during the region of Emperor Justinian (527 -565 AD).
Raised by two steps and covered with marble, the tomb of St John was under the central dome, that was once carried by the four columns at the corners.
With the invasion of Turks, the chapel was used as a mosque in the 14th century; unfortunately Basilica of Saint John became unusable due to the serious earthquake in the same century.
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. John the Evangelist (1839 words)
John was the son of Zebedee and Salome, and the brother of James the Greater.
John alone remained near his beloved Master at the foot of the Cross on Calvary with the Mother of Jesus and the pious women, and took the desolate Mother into his care as the last legacy of Christ (John 19:25-27).
The feast of St. John before the Latin Gate, supposed to commemorate the dedication of the church near the Porta Latina, is first mentioned in the Sacramentary of Adrian I (772-95).
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