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J. M. Vincent Audin	Writer and publisher (1793-1851)
Jacinto Barrasa (or Barraza)	Priest and historiographer (d. 1704)
Jacinto Verdaguer	Poet, b. at Riudeperas, Province of Barcelona, Spain, April 17, 1845; d. at Vallvidrera, Barcelona, June 10, 1902
Jacob	Second son of Isaac and Rebecca (also called Israel)
Jacob Anton Zallinger Zum Thurn	Philosopher and canonist, b. at Bozen, July 26, 1735, d. there, January 11, 1813
Jacob Arcadelt	Distinguished musician (d. between 1570 and 1575)
Jacob Balde	German poet (1604-1668)
Jacob Baradaeus	Syrian Monophysite bishop (d. 578)
Jacob Cornelisz	A Dutch painter of the first third of the sixteenth century
Jacob Gretser	Jesuit writer; b. 1562; d. 1625
Jacob Keller	Jesuit controversialist (1568-1631)
Jacob Konigshofen	Chronicler (1346-1420)
Jacob of Juterbogk	Theologian and canonist (1381-1465)
Jacob Van Hoogstraten	Theologian and controversialist, b. about 1460, in Hoogstraeten, Belgium; d. in Cologne, January 24, 1527
Jacob Van Maerlant	The greatest Flemish poet of the Middle Ages, b. about 1235; d. after 1291
Jacobus de Teramo	Canonist and bishop (1349-1417)
Jacopo de Voragine, Blessed	Archbishop of Genoa and medieval hagiologist (ca. 1230 - ca. 1298)
Jacopo Della Quercia	Sculptor, b. (it is said) at Quercia Grossa, near Siena, 1374; d. October 20, 1438
Jacopo Facciolati	Lexicographer and philologist, b. at Torreglia, near Padua, Italy, Jan. 4, 1682; d. at Padua, Aug. 26, 1769
Jacopo Nardi	Italian historian; b. at Florence, 1476; d. at Venice, March 11, 1563
Jacopo Piccolomini-Ammannati	Cardinal, b. in the Villa Basilica near Lucca, 1422; d. at San Lorenzo near Bolsena, Sept. 10, 1479
Jacopo Sadoleto	Cardinal, humanist, and reformer, b. at Modena, 1477; d. at Rome, 1547
Jacopo Sannazaro	Italian and Latin poet, b. at Naples, July 28, 1458; d. at Rome, in Aug., 1530
Jacopone da Todi	Franciscan poet, b. at Todi in the first half of the thirteenth century; d. at Collazzone about 1306.
Jacques Amyot	Bishop of Auxerre (1513-1593)
Jacques Babinet	French physicist (1794-1872)
Jacques Bonfrere	Biblical scholar (1573-1642)
Jacques Bossuet	French bishop and orator (1627-1704)
Jacques Bouillart	Benedictine monk (1669-1726)
Jacques Bridaine	Preacher (1701-1767)
Jacques Bruyas	B. at Lyons, France, July 13, 1635; d. at Sault St. Louis, Canada, June 15, 1712
Jacques Buteux	French missionary in Canada b. at Abbeville, in Picardy, April 11, 1600; slain by the Iroquois savages, May 10, 1652
Jacques Callot	French etcher, engraver, and painter, b. at Nancy, France, 1592; d. in the same city, March 28, 1635
Jacques Cartier	Discoverer of Canada, b. at Saint-Malo, Brittany, in 1491; d. September 1, 1557
Jacques Cretineau-Joly	Journalist and historian; b. at Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendee, France, 23 Sept., 1803; d. at Vincennes near Paris, I Jan., 1875
Jacques de Billy	French scholar (1535-1581)
Jacques de Lamberville	Jesuit missionary, b. at Rouen, 1641; d. at Quebec, 1710
Jacques de Molai	Grand Master of the Templars, b. at Rahon, Jura, about 1244; d. at Paris, March 18, 1314
Jacques de Vitry	Historian of the crusades, churchman (ca. 1160-1240)
Jacques Delille	French abbe and litterateur, b. at Aigueperse, June 22, 1738; d. at Paris, May 1, 1813

Jacques Echard	Historian of the Dominicans, b. Sept. 22, 1644; d. March 15, 1724
Jacques Goar	French Dominican hellenist; b.1601; d. 1653
Jacques Gravier	Jesuit North American missionary; b. 1651 d. 1708.
Jacques Jasmin	Provencal poet (1798-1864)
Jacques Le Bossu	French theologian, Doctor of the Sorbonne (1546-1626)
Jacques Le Fevre	French theologian and controversialist, b. at Lisieux towards the middle of the seventeenth century; d. July 1, 1716, at Paris
Jacques Lefevre D'etaples	French philosopher, biblical and patristic scholar, b. at Etaples in Picardy, about 1455; d. at Nerac, 1536
Jacques Lelong	French bibliographer, b. at Paris, April 19, 1665; d. there, Aug. 13, 1721
Jacques Lemercier	Sculptor and engraver, b. at Pontoise, about 1585; d. at Paris, 1654
Jacques Marquette	Jesuit missionary and discoverer of the Mississippi River, b. in 1636; d. May 19, 1675
Jacques Ozanam	French mathematician, b. at Bouligneux (Ain), 1640; d. in Paris, April 3, 1717
Jacques Sirmond	One of the greatest scholars of the seventeenth century, b. at Riom in the Department of Puy-de-Dome, France, Oct., 1559; d. in Paris, Oct. 7, 1651
Jacques Viger	A French-Canadian antiquarian and archaeologist b. at Montreal, May 7, 1787; d. Dec. 12, 1858
Jacques-Andre Emery	Superior of the Society of St-Sulpice during the French Revolution, b. Aug. 26, 1732, d. April 28, 1811
Jacques-Auguste de Thou	French historian, b. October 8, 1553; d. May 7, 1617
Jacques-Charles de Brisacier	Orator and ecclesiastical writer (1641-1736)
Jacques-Davy Duperron	Theologian and diplomat, b. Nov. 25, 1556 d. Sept. 5, 1618
Jacques-Denis Cochin	Preacher and philanthropist (1726-1783)
Jacques-Marie-Achille Ginoulhiac	French bishop, b. 1806; d. 1875
Jacques-Marie-Louis Monsabre	Celebrated pulpit orator, b. at Blois, France, Dec. 10, 1827; d. at Havre, Feb. 21, 1907
Jacques-Melchior Villefranche	Publicist, b. at Couzon-sur-Sraone, Dec. 17, 1829; d. at Bourg, May 10, 1904
Jacques-Paul Migne	Priest, and publisher of theological works, b. at Saint-Flour, October 25, 1800; d. at Paris, October 24, 1875
Jacques-Philippe Lallemant	French 'Jesuit, writer, b. at St-Valery-sur-Somme about 1660; d. at Paris, 1748
Jacques-Philippe-Marie Binet	French mathematician and astronomer (1786-1856)
Jacques-Rene de Brisay Denonville	Seigneur and Marquis de, b. in 1638 at Denonville in the department of Eure-et-Loir, France; d. 1710
Jacques-Victor-Albert Broglie	French statesman and historian (1821-1901)
Jaenbert	Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 791)
Jaffa	Titular see in the Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Jaime Luciano Balmes	Priest, philosopher and publicist (1810-1848)
Jainism	Form of religion intermediate between Brahminism and Buddhism
Jakob Benignus Winslow	Physician and anatomist, b. at Odense, Denmark, April 27, 1669; d. in Paris, April 3, 1760
Jakob Middendorp	Theologian and historian; b. about 1537, d. at Cologne, Jan. 13, 1611
Jakob Wimpfeling	Humanist and theologian, b. at Schlettstadt, Alsace, July 25, 1450; d. there, Nov. 17, 1528
Jamaica	Largest of the British West Indian Islands
James Adams	Professor of humanities at St. Omers, b. in England in 1737; d. at Dublin, 6 December, 1802
James Alphonsus McMaster	Editor, convert, b. at Duanesburg, New York, U.S.A., April 1, 1820; d. in Brooklyn, New York, December 29, 1886
James Ambrose Dominic Aylward	Theologian and poet (1813-1872)
James Anderton	English Catholic (1557-1618)
James Andrew Corcoran	Priest; theologian, editor, and Orientalist (1820-1889)
James Archer	English missionary priest (1751-1832)

James Arthur	Dominican friar (d. 1670)
James Atkinson	Catholic confessor tortured to death in Bridewell prison in 1595
James Beaton (Archbishop of Glasgow)	Archbishop of Glasgow, b. 1517; d. April 24, 1603
James Beaton (Scottish Archbishop)	Scottish Archbishop; B. C. 1473; d. at St. Andrews, 1539
James Bell	English priest and martyr (ca. 1520-1584)
James Bidermann	Poet and theologian (1578-1639)
James Brookes	Last Catholic Bishop of Gloucester, England (1512-1560)
James Burns	Publisher and author, b. near Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland, 1808; d. in London, April 11, 1871
James Burton Robertson	Historian, b. in London Nov. 15, 1800; d. at Dublin Feb. 14, 1877
James Campbell	B. at Philadelphia, Sept. 1, 1812; d. there, Jan. 27, 1893. His father was Anthony Campbell, and his grandfather George Campbell, a native of Fintona, County Tyrone, Ireland
James Cavanagh	Soldier, b. in County Tipperary, Ireland, 1831; d. in New York, January 7, 1901
James Chadwick	Second Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (1813-1882)
James Clarence Mangan	Irish poet, b. in Dublin, May 1, 1803; d. there, June 20, 1849
James Clayton	Priest, confessor of the faith (d. 1588)
James Curley	Astronomer, b. at Athleague, County Roscommon, Ireland, October 26, 1796; d. at George-town, District of Columbia, U. S., July 24, 1889
James Dowdall	Martyr, date of birth unknown; executed for his faith at Exeter, England, September 20, 1600
James Fitton	Missionary, b. at Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., April 10, 1805; d. there, Sept. 15, 1881
James Fremin	Jesuit missionary to the American Indians; b. at Reims, March 12, 1628; d. at Quebec, July 2, 1691
James Gillis	Scottish bishop, b. 1802, d. 1864
James Harman Ward	Commander U.S. Navy; b. in Hartford, Conn., 1806; killed in attack on Matthias Point, Va., June 27, 1861
James Harrison	Priest and martyr; b. in the Diocese of Lichfield, England, date unknown; d. at York, March 22, 1602
James Joseph Carbery	Third Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, b. in the County Westmeath, Ireland, May 1, 1823; d. at Cork, December 17, 1887
James Kennedy	Bishop of St. Andrews, Scotland (ca. 1406-1466)
James Laderchi	Italian Oratorian and ecclesiastical historian (ca. 1678-1738)
James Lainez	Second general of the Society of Jesus, theologian, b. in 1512, at Almazan, Castille, in 1512; d. at Rome, January 19, 1565
James Longstreet	Soldier, convert, b. January 8, 1821, at Edgefield, South Carolina, U.S.A.; d. at Gainesville, Georgia, January 2, 1904
James MacGeoghegan	B. at Uisneach, Westmeath, Ireland, 1702; d. at Paris, 1763
James McSherry (author)	Author; b. at Liberty Town, Frederick County, Maryland, July 29, 1819; d. at Frederick City, Maryland, July 13, 1869
James McSherry (jurist)	Jurist, b. at Frederick, Maryland, December 30, 1842; died there October 23, 1907
James Monroe	Soldier, convert, b. in Albemarle county, Virginia, U.S.A., Sept. 10, 1799; d. at Orange, New Jersey, Sept. 7, 1870
James Nugent	Philanthropist, temperance advocate and social reformer, b. March 3, 1822, at Liverpool; d. June 27, 1905, at Formby, near Liverpool
James of Brescia	Dominican theologian and inquisitor (fifteenth century)
James of Compostela, Saint	Founded in the twelfth century, owes its name to the national patron of Spain, St. James the Greater
James of Edessa	Syrian writer (ca. 633-708)
James of Sarugh	Writer of the Syrian church (451-521)
James of the Marches, Saint	Franciscan priest (1391-1476)
James Primadicci	Franciscan reformer (d. 1460)
James Robert Hope-Scott	Parliamentary barrister, Q.C.; b. July 15, 1812, at Great Marlow, Berkshire, England; d. in London, April 29, 1873
James Roosevelt Bayley	First Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A.U.S. (1814-1877)
James Ryder Randall	Journalist and poet, b. Jan. 1, 1839, at Baltimore, Maryland; d. Jan. 15, 1908, at Augusta, Georgia

James Sharpe	Convert, priest, b. at York, 1577; d. at Lincoln, 1630
James Shields	Military officer, b. in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland, Dec. 12, 1810; d. at Ottumwa, Iowa, June 1, 1879
James Shirley	Poet and dramatist (1596-1666)
James Smith	Journalist, b. at Skolland, in the Shetland Isles, about 1790; d. Jan., 1866
James Spencer Northcote	B. at Feniton Court, Devonshire, May 26, 1821; d. at Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, March 3, 1907
James Stonnes	English priest, b. 1513; d. after 1585
James Talbot	B. 1726; d. 1790; last priest to be indicted in the public courts of England for saying Mass
James the Greater, Saint	Brother of Saint John the Evangelist
James the Less, Saint	Apostle, son of Alphaeus, brother of Saint Jude
James Thompson, Blessed	English priest and martyr (d. 1582)
James Tissot	French draughtsman and painter, b. Oct. 15, 1836; d. Aug. 3, 1902
James Tyrie	Theologian, b. at Drumkilbo, Perthshire, Scotland, 1543; d. at Rome, May 27, 1597
James Warren Doyle	Irish bishop; b. near New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland, 1786; d. at Carlow, 1834
James Waterworth	B. at St. Helen's, Lancashire, 1806; d. at Old Hall, Newark, March 28, 1876
Jan Baptista Van Helmont	Chemist; b. at Brussels, 1577; d. near Vilvorde, December 30, 1644
Jan Dlugosz	An eminent medieval Polish historian, b. at Brzeznica, 1415; d. May 19, 1480, at Cracow
Jan Ingen-Housz	Investigator of the physiology of plants, physicist, and physician, b. at Breda in North Brabant, Dec. 8, 1730; d. at London, Sept. 7, 1799
Jan Joest	Dutch painter (ca. 1460-1519)
Jan Kochanowski	Polish poet (1530-1584)
Jan Milic	Pre-Hussite reform preacher and religious enthusiast, b. at Kremsier in Moravia, d. June 29, 1374, at Avignon
Jan Stephanus Van Kalcker	Flemish painter (ca. 1499-1546)
Jan Van Cleef	Flemish painter (1646-1716)
Jane Frances de Chantal, Saint	Co-founder of the Visitation Order (1572-1641)
Janner, Ferdinand	Theologian (1836-1895)
Janos Hunyady	Governor of Hungary, b. about 1400; d. August 11, 1456
Janos Zadori	Ecclesiastical writer, b. at Katlocz, County of Neutra, Hungary, March 6, 1831; d. at Gran, Dec. 30, 1887
Jansenius and Jansenism	Bishop of Ypres, heresy of Jansenism is attributed to him (1585-1638)
Januarius Maria Sarnelli	One of S. Alphonsus's earliest companions
Januarius, Saint	Bishop of Beneventum, martyr (d. ca. 305)
Janus Lascaris	Noted Greek scholar, b. about 1445; d. at Rome in 1535
Japan	Asian country
Japanese Martyrs	Historical treatment of the martyrs in Japan
Jarlath, Saint	Patron of the Archdiocese of Tuam (ca. 445 - ca. 540)
Jason	Three or four persons of that name connected with the period of the Maccabees
Jassus	Titular see of Caria
Jealousy	Synonymous with envy
Jean Allemand	French priest and Orientalist, b. 19 November, 1799; d. 9 August, 1833
Jean Antoine Watteau	French painter, and founder and leader of the school usually known as that of the painters of Les Fetes Galantes, at Valenciennes, 1684, near Paris, 1721
Jean Astruc	Physician and writer (1684-1766)
Jean Bagot	Theologian (1591-1664)

Jean Balue	French cardinal (1421-1491)
Jean Baptiste Abbeloos	Orientalist, b. 15 January, 1836, at Goyck, Belgium; d. 25 February, 1906
Jean Baptiste Gonet	French theologian; b. about 1616; d. 1681
Jean Baptiste Gresset	French Jesuit; b. 1709; d. 1777
Jean Baptiste Marchand	Second principal in order of succession of the Sulpician College of Montreal and missionary of the Detroit Hurons at Sandwich, Ont.; b. Feb. 25, 1760; d. Apr. 14, 1825
Jean Baptiste Van Eycken	Painter, b. at Brussels, Belgium, September 16, 1809; d. at Schaerbeek, December 19, 1853
Jean Benedicti	Franciscan theologian (sixteenth century)
Jean Bodin	Philosopher (1520-1596)
Jean Bourdon	Engineer, land surveyor (1612-1668)
Jean Brehal	French Dominican theologian (d. ca. 1479)
Jean Buridan	French scholastic philosopher of the fourteenth century
Jean Cabassut	French theologian and priest of the Oratory, b. at Aix in 1604, d. there, 1685
Jean Chapeauville	Priest; Belgian theologian and historian (1551-1617)
Jean Clopinel de Meun	French poet, b.1260 d. between 1305 and 1320
Jean Cousin	A French painter, sculptor, etcher, engraver, and geometrician, b. at Soucy, near Sens, 1500; d. at Sens before 1593, probably in 1590
Jean Crasset	Ascetical writer, b. at Dieppe, France, January 3, 1618; d. at Paris, January 4, 1692
Jean Croiset	Ascetical writer, b. at Marseilles, 1656; d. at Avignon, January 31, 1738
Jean D'Okeghem	Also called Okekem, Okenghem, Okegnan, Ockenheim, contrapuntist, founder and head of the second Netherland school (1450-1550), b. about 1430, presumably at Termonde, in East Flanders; d. 1495
Jean Dardel	Friar Minor of the French province of the order, chronicler of Armenia in the fourteenth century, adviser and confessor to King Leo V (or VI) of Armenia
Jean de Brebeuf	Jesuit missionary (1593-1649)
Jean de Brisacier	Controversialist (1592-1668)
Jean de Dieu-Raymond de Cuce Boisgelin	French prelate and cardinal (1732-1804)
Jean de Hautefeuille	French physicist, b. at Orleans, March 20, 1647; d. there, October 18, 1724
Jean de Jouffroy	French prelate, statesman (ca. 1412-1473)
Jean de La Bruyere	Historian (1645-1696)
Jean de La Fontaine	French poet, b. at Chateau-Thierry, July 8, 1621; d. at Paris, April 13, 1695
Jean de La Haye, O.F.M.	Franciscan Biblical scholar, b. at Paris, March 20, 1593; d. there Oct. 15, 1661
Jean de La Haye, S.J.	Jesuit Biblical scholar, b. at Bauffe, Hainault, Sept. 26, 1540; ci. at Douai, Jan. 14, 1614
Jean de Lauzon	Fourth governor of Canada, b. at Paris, 1583; d. there, Feb. 16, 1666
Jean de Mandeville	Author of a book of travels much read in the Middle Ages, d. probably in 1372
Jean de Saxe	Two astronomers of the Middle Ages who shared the same name
Jean Denis Attiret	Notable portrait painter (1702-1768)
Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin	A French dramatist and novelist, b. in Paris, 1595, d. there, 1676
Jean Dolbeau	Recollect friar, b. in the Province of Anjou, France, March 12, 1586; d. at Orleans, June 9, 1652
Jean Druys	Thirtieth Abbot of Parc near Louvain, Belgium, b. at Cumptich, near Tirlemont; d. March 25, 1635
Jean Duvergier de Hauranne	One of the authors of Jansenism, b. at Bayonne, France, 1581; d. in Paris, 1643
Jean Eudes, Blessed	French missionary, founder of the Eudists and the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity; author of the liturgical worship of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary; b. at Ri, France, Nov. 14, 1601; d. at Caen, Aug. 19, 1680
Jean Francois Baltus	Theologian (1667-1743)
Jean Francois Buisson de Saint-Cosme	Priest, missionary, b. in Quebec, Canada, February, 1667; killed, 1707
Jean Froissart	French historian and poet, b. at Valenciennes, about 1337, d. at Chimay early in the fifteenth century

Jean Gamans	Jesuit; b. July 8, 1606, at Ahrweiler; d. at the College of Aschaffenburg near Frankfort, Nov. 25, 1684
Jean Garet	Benedictine of the Congregation of Saint-Maur, b. at Havre about 1627; d. at Jumieges, September 24, 1694
Jean Garnier	Church historian, patristic scholar, and moral theologian; b. at Paris, Nov. 11, 1612; d. at Bologna, Nov. 26, 1681
Jean Grancolas	Doctor of the Sorbonne, theologian, liturgist; b. 1660; d. 1732
Jean Hardouin	Jesuit, and historian; b. at Quimper, Brittany, Dec. 23, 1646, son of a bookseller of that town; d. at Paris, Sept. 3, 1729. He entered the novitiate of the Society, Sept. 25, 1660
Jean Hessels	Theologian of Louvain; b. 1522; d. 1566
Jean Jouvenet	French painter (1644-1717)
Jean Le Charlier de Gerson	Theologian; b. 1363; d. 1429
Jean Lejeune	Renowned preacher, b. at Poligny in 1592; d. at Limoges, Aug. 19, 1672
Jean Levesque de Burigny	Historian, b. at Reims, 1692; d. at Paris, 1785
Jean Louis Bonnard, Venerable	French missionary and martyr (1824-1852)
Jean Mabillon	Benedictine monk of the Congregation of Saint-Maur, b. November 23, 1632; d. at Paris, December 27, 1707
Jean Martianay	B. Dec. 30, 1647; d. June 16, 1717
Jean Michel	French dramatic poet of the fifteenth century, d. 1447
Jean Morin	French priest of the Oratory, b. at Blois, in 1591; d. at Paris, Feb. 28, 1659
Jean Nicolai	Celebrated Dominican theologian and controversialist, b. in 1594 at Mouzay in the Diocese of Verdun, France; d. May 7, 1673, at Paris
Jean Parisot de La Valette	Forty-eighth Grand Master of the Order of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem; b. in 1494; d. in Malta, August 21, 1568
Jean Picard	Astronomer, b. at La Fleche, July 21, 1620; d. at Paris, Oct. 12, 1682
Jean Pierron	Missionary, b. at Dun-sur-Meuse, France, Sept. 28, 1631; date and place of death unknown
Jean Racine	Dramatist, b. at La Ferte-Milon, in the old Duchy of Valois, Dec. 20, 1639; d. in Paris, April 21, 1699
Jean Rochambeau	Marshal, b. at Vendome, France, July 1, 1725; d. at Thore, May 10, 1807.
Jean Talon	First intendant in exercise of New France, b. 1625; d. Nov. 23, 1691
Jean, Sire de Joinville	Historian (1225-1317)
Jean-Allarmet de Brogny	French Cardinal (1342-1426)
Jean-Antoine Chaptal	Chemist and statesman (1756-1832)
Jean-Antoine d'Aubermont	Dominican theologian (d. 1686)
Jean-Antoine Dubois	French missionary in India, b. in 1765 at St. Remeze (Ardeche); d. in Paris, Feb. 17, 1848
Jean-Antoine Houdon	B. at Versailles, 1741; d. July 16, 1828;
Jean-Antoine Nollet	Physicist, b. at Pimpre, Oise, France, November 19, 1700; d. at Paris, April 25, 1770
Jean-Armand Le Bouthillier de Rance	Abbot and reformer of Notre Dame de la Trappe, second son of Denis Bouthillier, Lord of Rance, Councillor of State, etc., b. at Paris, Jan. 9, 1626; d. at La Trappe, Oct. 27, 1700
Jean-Baptiste Biot	Physicist and mathematician (1774-1862)
Jean-Baptiste Blanchard	French Jesuit and educator (1731-1797)
Jean-Baptiste Bouvier	Bishop of Le Mans, theologian (1783-1854)
Jean-Baptiste Carnoy	Belgian biologist, b. at Rumillies, province of Hainaut, near Tournai, 22 Jan., 1836; d. at Schuls, in Switzerland, September 6, 1899
Jean-Baptiste Chardon	Jesuit; Indian missionary in Canada, and in the Louisiana territory (1672-1743)
Jean-Baptiste Colbert	Marquis de Seignelay, statesman (1619-1683)
Jean-Baptiste Corneille	French painter, etcher, and engraver (c. 1646-1695)
Jean-Baptiste Cotelier	Patristic scholar and theologian, b. December, 1629, at Nimes; d. August 19, 1686, at Paris
Jean-Baptiste de Belloy	Cardinal-Archbishop of Paris (1709-1808)
Jean-Baptiste de la Brosse	Jesuit missionary (1724-1782)

Jean-Baptiste de Saint-Vallier	Second Bishop of Quebec, b. at Grenoble, France, Nov. 14, 1653; d. at Quebec, Canada, Dec. 26, 1727
Jean-Baptiste Duhamel	French scientist, philosopher, and theologian, b. June 11, 1624; d. August 6, 1706
Jean-Baptiste Dumas	Distinguished French chemist and senator, b. July 14, 1800; d. April 10, 1884
Jean-Baptiste Faribault	Trader with the Indians and early settler in Minnesota, U.S.A.; b. October 19,1774, at Berthier, Lower Canada; d. at Faribault, Minnesota, August 20, 1860
Jean-Baptiste Girard	(Known as Père Girard) a Swiss pedagogue, b. 1765; d. 1850
Jean-Baptiste Glaire	French priest, hebraist, and Biblical scholar; b. 1798; d. 1879
Jean-Baptiste Greuze	French painter, b. August 21, 1725; d. March 21, 1805
Jean-Baptiste Labat	Dominican missionary (1664-1738)
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne Sieur de Bienville	Founder of New Orleans, Louisiana (1680-1767)
Jean-Baptiste Massillon	French preacher and bishop; b. June 24, 1663; d. September 28, 1742
Jean-Baptiste Meilleur	French Canadian physician and educator, b. at St. Laurent, P. Q., May 9, 1796; d. Dec. 7, 1878
Jean-Baptiste Nothomb	Belgian statesman, b. July 3, 1805, at Messancy, Luxemburg; d. at Berlin, September 16, 1881
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Moliere	French comic poet; b. at Paris, Jan. 15, 1622; d. there Feb. 17, 1673
Jean-Baptiste Regis	Jesuit; b. at Istres, Provence, June 11, 1663, or Jan. 29, 1664; d. at Peking, Nov. 24, 1738
Jean-Baptiste Rousseau	French poet, b. in Paris, April 16, 1670; d. at La Genette, near Brussels, May 17, 1741
Jean-Baptiste Terrien	Dogmatic theologian, b. Aug. 26, 1832; d. Dec. 5, 1903
Jean-Baptiste-Alphonse Lusignan	French-Canadian writer, b. September 27, 1843; d. January 5, 1893
Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Ferland	French Canadian historian, b. at Montreal, December 25, 1805; d. at Quebec, January 11, 1865
Jean-Baptiste-Armand-Louis-Leonce Elie de Beaumont	Geologist, b. Sept. 25, 1798; d. Sept. 21, 1874
Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Marie de Beauvais	French bishop, b. at Cherbourg, October 17, 1731; d. at Paris, April 4, 1790
Jean-Baptiste-Francois Pitra	Cardinal, famous archaeologist and theologian, b. August 1, 1812, at Champforgeuil in the Department of Saone-et-Loire, France; d. Feb. 9, 1889, in Rome
Jean-Baptiste-Julien D'omalius Halloy	Belgian geologist, b. at Liege, Belgium, February 16, 1783; d. at Brussels, January 15, 1875
Jean-Baptiste-Louis-George Seroux d'Agincourt	Archaeologist and historian, b. at Beauvais, April 5, 1730; d. at Rome, September 24, 1814
Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney, Blessed	French priest known as the Cure of Ars (1786-1859)
Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de Lamarck	Distinguished botanist, zoologist, and natural philosopher, b. at Bazentin in Picardy (department of Somme), France, August 1, 1744; d. at Paris, December 18, 1829
Jean-Barthelemy Haureau	Historian and publicist; b. at Paris, 1812; d. there, 1896
Jean-Bertrand-Leon Foucault	Physicist and mechanician, b. at Paris, Sept. 19, 1819; d. there Feb. 11, 1868
Jean-Claude-Marie Colin	French priest, founder of the Marists (1790-1875)
Jean-Edme-Auguste Gosselin	Ecclesiastical author; b. 1787; d. 1858
Jean-Felix Nourrisson	Philosopher, b. at Thiers, Department of Puy-de-Dome, July 18, 1825; d. at Paris, June 13, 1899
Jean-Francois Champollion	French Orientalist (1790-1832)
Jean-Francois Gerbillon (missionary)	French missionary; b. at Verdun, June 4, 1654; d. at Peking, China, March 27, 1707
Jean-Francois Hubert	Ninth Bishop of Quebec, b. at Quebec, February 23, 1739; d. October 17, 1799
Jean-Francois La Harpe	French critic and poet, b. at Paris, November 20, 1739; d. February, 1803
Jean-Francois Lesueur	Composer, b. at Drucat-Plessiel, near Abbeville, Feb. 15, 1760; d. at Paris October 6, 1837
Jean-Francois Millet	French painter; b. at Gruchy, near Cherbourg, October 4, 1814; d. at Barbizon, January 20, 1875
Jean-Francois-Albert Du Pouget	B. in 1817; d. at Rougemont, Cloyes, October 1, 1904; the scion of an old French family, and one of the most distinguished among modern men of anthropologic science
Jean-Francois-Anne Landriot	French bishop, at Couches-les-Mines near Autun, 1816; d. at Reims, 1874
Jean-Gabriel Perboyre, Blessed	Missionary and martyr (1802-1840)
Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin	French painter, b. at Lyons, March 23, 1809; d. at Rome, March 21, 1864

Jean-Jacques Barthelemy	French numismatologist and writer (1716-1795)
Jean-Jacques Bourassé	Archaeologist and historian (1813-1872)
Jean-Jacques Olier	Founder of the seminary and Society of St-Sulpice, b. at Paris, Sept. 20, 1608; d. there, April 2, 1657
Jean-Joseph Gaume	French theologian and author, b. at Fuans (Franche-Comte) in 1802; d. in 1879
Jean-Joseph Loiseaux (Piatus of Mons)	Piatus of Mons, Belgian priest and canonist (1815-1904)
Jean-Joseph Surin	B. 1600; d. at Bordeaux, 1665
Jean-Joseph Thonissen	Professor of law at the University of Louvain, minister in the Belgian Government, b. Jan. 21, 1817; d. Aug. 17, 1891
Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus	First Bishop of Boston; Bishop of Montauban; Archbishop of Bordeaux, France, and Cardinal (1768-1836)
Jean-Marie-Robert de Lamennais	French priest, theologian, established colleges, seminaries, communities of women, and schools b. at St-Malo in 1780; d. at Ploermel, Brittany, in 1860
Jean-Martin de Prades	Theologian, b. about 1720 at Castelsarrasin (Diocese of Montauban), d. in 1782 at Glogau, famous through an irreligious thesis
Jean-Michel-d'Astorg Aubarede	Canon regular, and Vicar Capitular of Pamiers (1639-1692)
Jean-Nicolas Beauregard	Celebrated French pulpit orator b. 4 Dec., 1733; d. July 27, 1804
Jean-Nicolas Laverlochere	Missionary, b. Dec. 6, 1812; d. Oct. 4, 1884
Jean-Paul Medaille	Jesuit missionary; b. January 29, 1618; d. May 15,.1689
Jean-Paul-Alban Villeneuve-Barcement	Vicomte de, b. at Saint-Auban, Var, Aug. 8, 1784; d. at Paris, June 8, 1850
Jean-Philippe Rameau	Musician, b. at Dijon, Burgundy, Sept. 25, 1683; d. at Paris, Sept. 12, 1764
Jean-Pierre Camus de Pont-Carre	French bishop, b. November 3, 1584, at Paris; d. there April 25, 1652
Jean-Pierre Claris Chevalier de Florian	A French poet and novelist, b. at the chateau of Florian (Gard), March 6, 1755; d. at Sceaux, Sept. 13, 1794
Jean-Pierre Gibert (French canonist)	Canonist; b. at Aix, Provence, in 1660; d. at Paris in 1736
Jean-Pierre Gury	Moral theologian; b. at Mailleroncourt, Haute-Saone, January 23, 1801; d. at Mercceur, Haute-Loire, April 18, 1866; entered the Society of Jesus at Montrouge, August 22, 1824
Jean-Pierre Minkelers	Inventor of illuminating gas; b. at Maastricht, Holland, 1748; d. there July 4, 1824
Jean-Pierre Niceron	French lexicographer, b. in Paris, March 11, 1685, d. there, July 8, 1738
Jean-Siffrein Maury	Cardinal and statesman, b. June 26, 1746; d. May 10, 1817
Jeanne de Valois, Saint	Queen and founder of the Order of the Annonciades (1464-1505)
Jeanne Fontbonne	In religion Mother St. John, second foundress and superior-general of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyons, b. March 3, 1759, at Basen-Basset, Velay, France; d. November 22, 1843, at Lyons
Jeanne Mance	Foundress of the Montreal Hotel-Dieu, b. 1606; d. 1673
Jeanne-Louise-Henriette Campan	French educator, b. November 6, 1752, at Paris; d. in 1822, at Mantes
Jeanne-Marie-Bouvier de La Motte Guyon	A celebrated French mystic of the seventeenth century; b. at Montargis, in the Orleanais, April 13, 1648; d. at Blois, June 9, 1717
Jedburgh	Augustinian abbey in Scotland
Jedediah Vincent Huntington	Clergyman, novelist; b. January 20, 1815, in New York City; d. March 10, 1862, at Pau, France
Jehan Fouquet	French painter and miniaturist, b. at Tours, c. 1415; d. about 1480
Jehovah	Proper name of God in the Old Testament
Jehu	Translated by some as 'Yahweh is he'
Jemez Pueblo	Indian pueblo in New Mexico, U.S.
Jeningen, Venerable Philipp	Jesuit missionary (1642-1704)
Jephte	One of the judges of Israel narrated in the Book of Judges.
Jeremiah (Jeremias; several individuals)	Name of seven or eight men, besides the prophet.
Jeremiah (Jeremias; The Prophet)	The Prophet, including historical period, his mission and life, analysis of writings
Jeremiah Benettis	Capuchin historical writer (d. 1774)
Jeremiah Williams Cummings	Publicist, b. in Washington, U.S.A., April, 1814; d. at New York, January 4, 1866

Jeremias Drechsel	Ascetic writer, b. at Augsburg, August 15, 1581; d. at Munich, April 19, 1638
Jericho	Three ancient cities of the same name
Jeroboam	Name of two Israelite kings
Jerome Bellamy	Sympathizer of Mary Queen of Scots (d. 1586)
Jerome Besoigne	Jansenist writer (1686-1763)
Jerome de Jerome de Gonnelieu	French theologian, ascetical writer, and preacher, b.1640; d. 1715
Jerome de Prado	Jesuit exegete, b. at Baeza in Spain, 1547; d. at Rome, Jan. 13, 1595
Jerome Emiliani, Saint	Founder of the Order of Somascha (d. 1537)
Jerome Gratian	Spiritual director of St. Teresa and first Provincial of the Discalced Carmelites; b. 1545; d. 1614.
Jerome Lalemant	Jesuit missionary, b. at Paris, April 27, 1593; d. at Quebec, November 16, 1665
Jerome Lamy Besange	Benedictine Scripture scholar (1726-1781)
Jerome, Saint	Father of the Church (ca. 340-420)
Jerome-Hermes Bolsec	Carmelite monk, theologian, and physician (d. ca. 1584)
Jeronimo Mendieta	Spanish missionary; b. at Vitoria, Spain, 1525; d. in the City of Mexico, May 9, 1604
Jerusalem	Jerusalem
Jesu Dulcis Memoria	A poem ranging from forty-two to fifty-three stanzas (in various manuscripts), from which the Roman Breviary takes twelve stanzas to form the three hymns of the Office of the Hely Name
Jesu Pie Pelicane Domine	The sixth quatrain of Adoro Te Devote (q.v.), sometimes used as a separate hymn at Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament
Jesuit's Bark	Specific remedy for all forms of malaria
Jesus Christ	God the Son, Messiah of Israel
Jewish Calendar	Treatment of the Jewish Calendar
Jewish Tribe	Arrangement by clans or tribes represents a form of social and political organization natural to Semitic nomads, as may be observed among the Bedouins of today, and the division of the Jewish people into twelve tribes is a prominent feature of the Old Tes
Jews and Judaism	Descendants of Jacob (Israel) and their religion
Jezabel (Jezebel)	Wife of Achab, King of Israel
Jibaro Indians	Important tribal group of Ecuador in South America
Joab	General in chief of the army of King David
Joachim	Father of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Joachim Barrande	French palaeontologist (1799-1883)
Joachim Bouvet	Jesuit missionary (d. 1732)
Joachim Bruel	Theologian and historian, b. early in the seventeenth century at Vorst, a village of the province of Brabant, Belgium; d. June 29, 1653
Joachim of Flora	Cistercian abbot and mystic (ca. 1132-1202)
Joan of Arc, Blessed	French warrior saint (ca. 1412-1431)
Joanna of Portugal, Blessed	Daughter of Alfonso V, King of Portugal (1452-1490)
Joannes Bunderius	Flemish theologian and controversialist, b. of distinguished parents at Ghent in 1482; d. there January 8, 1557
Joannes de Sacrobosco	Monk of English origin, astronomer (d. 1256)
Joannes Maxentius	Leader of the so-called Scythian monks, appears in history at Constantinople in 519 and 520
Joao de Barros	Historian (1496-1570)
Joao Dos Santos	Dominican missionary in India and Africa, b. at Evora, Portugal; d. at Goa in 1622
João Mendes de Silva	Better known as Amadeus of Portugal, attracted attention by his virtue and miracles, b. 1420, d. at Milan, 1482
Joao Rodriguez	Missionary and author, b. at Alcochete in the Diocese of Lisbon in 1558; d. in Japan in 1633
Joaquin Acosta	A native of Colombia in South America

Job	One of the books of the Old Testament and the protagonist of it
Jobst Bernhard von Aufsees	Canon of Bamberg and Wurzburg (1671-1738)
Jocelin	Cistercian monk and Bishop of Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1199)
Jocelin de Brakelond	Monk, English chronicler (twelfth century)
Jocelin of Wells	Bishop of Bath and Wells (d. 1242)
Joel	Second in the list of the twelve Minor Prophets
Joel Chandler Harris	Folklorist, novelist, poet, journalist; b. at Eatonton, Georgia, U.S.A., 1848; d. at Atlanta, Georgia, July 3, 1908
Johan Joseph Gorres	German champion of Catholic causes; b. 1776; d. 1848.
Johann Adam Mohler	Theologian, b. at Igersheim (Wurtemberg), April 6, 1796; d. at Munich, April 12, 1838
Johann Adam Schall von Bell	Prominent figure among the missionaries to China, b. of an important family at Cologne in 1591; d. at Peking, Aug. 15, 1666
Johann and Wendelin von Speyer	German printers in Venice from 1468 to 1477
Johann Augustanus Faber	Theologian, b. at Fribourg, Switzerland, c. 1470; d. about 1531
Johann Balthasar Neumann	B. 1687 at Eger; d. 1753 at Wurzburg, master of the rococo style and one of the greatest and most productive artists of the eighteenth century; distinguished as a decorator, but more so as an architect
Johann Baptist Alzog	Catholic church historian (1808-1878)
Johann Baptist Franzelin	Cardinal and theologian; b. at Aldein, in the Tyrol, 15 April, 1816; d. at Rome, Dec. 11, 1886
Johann Baptist von Hirscher	B. January 20, 1788, at Alt-Ergarten, Ravensburg; d. September 4, 1865
Johann Baptist Weiss	B. at Ettenheim, Baden, July 17, 1820; d. at Graz, March 8, 1899
Johann Bollig	Orientalist (1821-1895)
Johann Caspar Aiblinger	Composer, b. 23 February, 1779, at Wasserburg, Bavaria; d. at Munich, 6 May, 1867
Johann Caspar Barthel	German canonist (1697-1771)
Johann Chrysostomus Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	One of the greatest musical geniuses in history, b. at Salzburg, Austria, Jan. 27, 1756; d. at Vienna, Dec. 5, 1791
Johann Cochlaeus	Humanist and Catholic controversialist (1479-1552)
Johann Crotus	German Humanist, b. at Dornheim, in Thuringia, c. 1480; d. probably at Halle, c. 1539
Johann Dietenberger	Theologian, b. about 1475 at Frankfort-on-the-Main; d. 4 Sept., 1537, at Mainz
Johann Eck	Theologian and principal adversary of Luther, b. Nov. 15, 1486, d. Feb. 10, 1543
Johann Eckhart	Dominican preacher, theologian, and mystic, b. about 1260 d. in 1327
Johann Emanuel Veith	Preacher, b. of Jewish parents at Kuttenplan, Bohemia, 1787; d. at Vienna, Nov. 6, 1876
Johann Ernst Hanxleden	Jesuit missionary in the East Indies; b. at Ostercappeln, near Osnabruck, in Hanover, 1681; d. in Malabar, March 20, 1732
Johann Faber	Theologian, doctor of sacred theology, b. 1478; d. May 21, 1541
Johann Faber (of Heilbronn)	Controversialist and preacher; b. 1504, d. at Augsburg, Feb. 27, 1558
Johann Franz (Gottfried) Bessel	Benedictine abbot and historian (1672-1749)
Johann Friedrich Schannat	German historian, b. at Luxemburg, July 23, 1683; d. at Heidleberg, March 6, 1739
Johann G. Albrechtsberger	Master of musical theory, and teacher of Hummel and Beethoven, b. at Klosterneuburg in Lower Austria, 3 February, 1736; d. in Vienna, 7 March, 1809
Johann Gabriel Seidl	Poet, author of the present Austrian national hymn, b. at Vienna, June 21, 1804; d. there, July 17, 1875
Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg	A celebrated German pulpit orator, b. at Schaffhausen, Switzerland, March 16, 1445; d. at Strasburg, March 10, 1510
Johann Georg Herbst	B. at Rottweil, in Wurtemberg, January 13, 1787; d. July 31, 1836
Johann Georg Reiffenstuel	Theologian and canonist; b. at Kaltenbrunn (Tegernsee) July 2, 1641; d. at Freising, Oct. 5, 1703
Johann Georg von Eccard	German historian, b. Sept. 7, 1664; d. at Feb. 9, 1730
Johann Grueber	German Jesuit missionary in China and noted explorer of the seventeenth century; b. October 28, 1623; d. in 1665
Johann Gutenberg	Inventor of printing; b. about 1400; d. 1467 or 1468 at Mainz

Johann Heinrich Achterfeldt	Theologian, b. at Wesel, 17 June, 1788; d. at Bonn, 11 May, 1877
Johann Heinrich Frankenberg	Archbishop of Mechlin (Malines), Primate of Belgium, and cardinal; b. September 18, 1726, at Gross-Glogau, Silesia; d. at Breda, June 11, 1804
Johann Hermann Janssens	Catholic theologian, b. at Maeseyck, Belgium, Dec. 7, 1783; d. at Engis, May 23, 1853.
Johann Heynlin of Stein	Theologian, b. about 1425; d. at Basle, March 12, 1496
Johann Host	Dominican who distinguished himself in the struggle against Luther in Cologne
Johann Ignaz Von Felbiger	A German educational reformer, pedagogical writer, and canon regular of the Order of St. Augustine, b. January 6, 1724, at Gross-Glogau in Silesia; d. May 17, 1788
Johann Janssen	German historian (1829-1891)
Johann Joachim Winckelmann	Archaeologist and historian of ancient art, b. at Stendal near Magdeburg, in 1717; assassinated at Triest, in 1768
Johann Joseph Gassner	A celebrated exorcist; b. Aug. 22, 1727, at Braz, Vorarlberg, Austria; d. April 4, 1779
Johann Joseph Ignaz Von Dollinger	Historian and theologian, b. at Bamberg, Bavaria, February 28, 1799; d. at Munich, January 10, 1890
Johann Kaspar Zeuss	B. at Vogtendorf, in Upper Franconia, July 22, 1806; d. there, Nov. 10, 1856. He was the founder of Celtic philology, an eminent philologist, and studied at the gymnasium of Bamberg
Johann Ladislaus von Oberwart Pyrker	B. at Langh near Stuhlweissenburg, Hungary, Nov. 2, 1772; d. at Vienna, Dec. 2, 1847
Johann Leonhard Hug	A German Catholic exegete, b. at Constance, June 1, 1765; d. March 11, 1846
Johann Lohel	Archbishop of Prague, b. at Eger, Bohemia, 1549; d. Nov. 2, 1622
Johann Matthias Kager	German historical painter (1566-1634)
Johann Mechtel	Chronicler; b. 1562 at Pfalzel near Trier (Germany); d. after 1631, perhaps as late as 1653
Johann Michael Feder	German theologian, b. May 25, 1753, at Oellingen in Bavaria; d. July 26, 1824
Johann Michael Haydn	A younger brother of Franz Joseph Haydn; b. at Rohrau, Austria, Sept. 14, 1737; d. at Salzburg, August 10, 1806
Johann Michael Nathanael Feneberg	Jesuit; b. in Oberdorf, Allgau, Bavaria, Feb. 9, 1751; d. Oct. 12, 1812
Johann Michael Raich	Catholic theologian, b. at Ottobeuren in Bavaria, January 17, 1832; d. at Mainz, March 28, 1907
Johann Michael Sailer	Professor of theology and Bishop of Ratisbon, b. at Aresing in Upper Bavaria, October 17, 1751; d. May 20, 1832, at Ratisbon
Johann Muller (physiologist)	Physiologist and comparative anatomist, b. at Coblentz, July 14, 1801; d. at Berlin, April 28, 1858
Johann Muller (Regiomontanus)	Astronomer, b. in or near Konigsberg, a small town in lower Franconia (Dukedom of Coburg), June 6, 1436; d. in Rome, July 6, 1476
Johann Nepomucene Brischar	Church historian (1819-1897)
Johann Nepomuk Cosmas Michael Denis	Bibliographer and poet, b. at Scharding, Bavaria, September 27, 1729; d. at Vienna Sept. 29, 1800
Johann Nepomuk Schelble	Musician, b. May 16, 1789, at Huffingen in the Black Forest; d. there Aug. 6, 1837
Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs	Chemist and mineralogist; b. at Mattenzell, near Bremberg, Lower Bavaria, May 15, 1774; d. at Munich, March 5, 1856
Johann Nepomuk von Nussbaum	German surgeon, b. at Munich Sept. 2, 1829; d. there Oct. 31, 1890
Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer Au Gleifheim	Bishop of Trent, b. at Bozen, Feb. 15, 1777; d. at Trent, Dec. 3, 1860
Johann Nikolaus Weislinger	Polemical writer, b. at Puttlingen in German Lorraine, 1691; d. at Kappel-Rodeck in Baden, August 29, 1755
Johann Oecolampadius	Protestant theologian, b. at Weinsberg, Swabia, in 1482; d. at Basle, November 24, 1531
Johann Philipp Roothaan	Twenty-first General of the Society of Jesus, b. at Amsterdam, November 23, 1785; d. at Rome, May 8, 1853
Johann Pistorius	Controversialist and historian, b. at Nidda in Hesse, February 14, 1546; d. at Freiburg, July 18, 1608
Johann Schraudolph	Historical painter, b. at Oberstdorf in the Allgau, 1808; d. May 31, 1879
Johann Sebastian von Drey	Professor of theology at the University of Tubingen, b. Oct. 16, 1777, d. Feb. 19, 1853
Johann Simon Haspinger	Tyrolese priest and patriot; b. at Gries, Tyrol, October 28, 1776; d. in the imperial palace of Mirabell, Salzburg, January 12, 1858
Johann Tetzel	Preacher of indulgences and first public antagonist of Luther, b. 1465; d. Aug. 11, 1519
Johann Thugut	Austrian statesman, b. March 31, 1736; d. May 28, 1818
Johann von Lamont	Astronomer and physicist, b. Dec. 13, 1805, in Scotland; d. Aug. 6, 1879, near Munich, Bavaria
Johann von Staupitz	Abbot, b. at Motterwitz near Leisnig about 1460; d. at Salzburg, Dec. 28, 1524

Johann Wild	Scriptural commentator and preacher, better known by his Latin name Ferus, b. in Swabia, 1495; d. at Mainz, Sept. 8, 1554
Johannes Bessarion	Cardinal, Byzantine scholar (ca. 1389-1472)
Johannes Gratian	Son of Valentinian I; b. 359; d. 383
Johannes Mentelin	Eminent German typographer, b.1410; d. Dec. 12, 1478;
Johannes Moschus	Monk and ascetical writer, b. about 550 probably at Damascus; d. at Rome, 619
Johannes Nicolaus von Hontheim	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier; b. at Trier, January 27, 1701; d. at Montquentin, near Orval, Sept. 2, 1790
Johannes Pauli	B. about 1455; d. after 1530 in the monastery at Thann in Alsace
Johannes Pfefferkorn	A baptized Jew, b. probably at Nuremberg, 1469; d. at Cologne, between 1521 and 1524
Johannes Reuchlin	Celebrated German humanist, b. at Pforzheim, Baden, February 22, 1455; d. at Liebenzell, June 30, 1522
Johannes Thurmayr	B. July 4, 1477; d. January 9, 1534
Johannes Tserclaes Tilly	B. in 1559; d. in April, 1632
Johannes Veghe	German preacher and religious writer, b. at Munster in Westphalia about 1435; d. there, September 21, 1504
Johannes von Geissel	Cardinal, Archbishop of Cologne, b. February 5, 1796, at Gimmeldingen, in the Palatinate; d. September 8, 1864, at Cologne
Johannes von Kuhn	Theologian (1806-1887)
John Abercromby	Catholic cleric killed during the Scottish Reformation; d. 1561
John Acton	An English canonist, after 1329 canon of Lincoln; d. 1350
John Adam	Distinguished preacher and a strenuous opponent of Calvinists and Jansenists, b. at Limoges in 1608; d. at Bordeaux, 12 May, 1684
John Adams, Venerable	Priest, martyred at Tyburn, 8 October, 1586
John Alcock	Bishop of Rochester, Worcester, and Ely, b. at Beverley, 1430; d. at Wisbeach Castle, 1 October, 1500
John Allen (Archbishop of Dublin)	Archbishop of Dublin, canonist, and Chancellor of Ireland (1476-1534)
John Allen (priest and martyr)	Priest and martyr. He was executed at Tyburn in the beginning of the year 1538
John Almeida	Jesuit missionary, b. in London, of Catholic parents, 1571; d. at Rio Janeiro, 24 September, 1653
John Almond	Cistercian, Confessor of the Faith; d. in Hull Castle, 18 April, 1585
John Almond, Venerable	English priest and martyr, b. about 1577; d. at Tyburn, 5 December, 1612
John Amias, Venerable	English priest martyred in 1589
John and Michael Banim	Brothers, both writers from Ireland
John and Paul, Saints	Christian martyrs (fourth century)
John Argyropulos	Humanist, and translator of Aristotle (1416-1486)
John Ashton	Jesuit missionary in Maryland (1742-1814)
John Asser	Learned monk of St. David's, Menevia (d. 910)
John Austin	English lawyer and writer (1613-1669)
John Bacon	English Carmelite and theologian (d.1346)
John Bannister Tabb	An American poet and educator, b. 1845; d. 1909
John Bapst	Jesuit missionary and educator (1815-1887)
John Baptist Albertrandi	Polish Jesuit, of Italian extraction, b. at Warsaw, 7 December, 1731; d. August, 1808
John Baptist Brondel	First Bishop of Helena, Montana, U.S.A. (1842-1903)
John Baptist de la Salle, Saint	Founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (1651-1719)
John Baptist de Rossi, Saint	Priest, canon, preacher (1698-1764)
John Baptist Hogan	Abbe, b. June 24, 1829; d. September 29, 1901
John Baptist Purcell	Archbishop of Cincinnati, b. at Mallow, Ireland, Feb. 26, 1800; d. at the convent of the Ursulines, Brown County, Ohio, July 4, 1883

John Baptist Tolomei	Jesuit theologian and cardinal, b. Dec. 3, 1653; d. Jan. 19, 1726
John Barbour	Scottish ecclesiastic and author
John Barclay	Author of the political novel Argenis b. January 28, 1582; d. August, 1621
John Barrow	Priest, descended from a family of stanch Catholic yeomen (1735-1811)
John Barry	Captain in the United States navy (1745-1803)
John Barry (Bishop of Savannah)	Second Bishop of Savannah, Georgia (1799-1859)
John Beccus	Patriarch of Constantinople, and one of the few Greek ecclesiastics
John Beche, Blessed	English Benedictine abbot and martyr; date of birth unknown; d. at Colchester, England, December 1, 1539
John Bede Polding	Archbishop of Sydney, b. at Liverpool, Oct. 18, 1794; d. at Sydney, March 16, 1877
John Belasyse	Catholic English nobleman (1614-1689)
John Bellarini	Barnabite theologian (1552-1630)
John Bellenden	Scottish Catholic poet (ca. 1500-1587)
John Berchmans, Saint	Jesuit (1599-1621)
John Bodey, Venerable	English martyr (1549-1583)
John Boste, Venerable	Priest and martyr (ca. 1544-1594)
John Boyce	Novelist, lecturer, and priest (1810-1864)
John Boyle O'Reilly	Poet, novelist, and editor, b. at Douth Castle, Drogheda, Ireland, June 24, 1844; d. at Hull Massachusetts, August 10, 1890
John Brande Morris	Convert, priest, writer, b. September 4, 1812; d. at Hammersmith, London, April 9, 1880
John Bridgewater	Historian of the Catholic Confessors under Queen Elizabeth (ca. 1532 - ca. 1596)
John Brignon	Jesuit (1629-1712)
John Britton, Venerable	Layman and martyr (d. 1598)
John Bromyard	Dominican theologian (d. ca. 1390)
John Brugman	Franciscan preacher, b. at Kempen in the Diocese of Cologne, towards the end of the 14th century; d. at Nimwegen, Netherlands, 19 Sept., 1473
John Buckley, Venerable	Priest, martyr (d. 1598)
John C. Devereux	B. at his father's farm, The Leap, near Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, Ireland, Aug. 5, 1774; d. at Utica, New York, on Dec. 11, 1848
John Cabot	Celebrated navigator and the discoverer of the American mainland, b. in the first half of the fifteenth century at Genoa; date of death unknown
John Caius	Physician and scholar, b. at Norwich, October 6, 1510; d. at London, July 29, 1573
John Calvin	Protestant Reformer, b. at Noyon in Picardy, France, July 10, 1509, and d. at Geneva, May 27, 1564
John Cantius, Saint	Polish priest, professor of Scripture (ca. 1412-1473)
John Capgrave	Augustinian friar, historian, and theologian, b. at Lynn in Norfolk, April 21, 1393; d. there, August 12, 1464 (according to Pits, 1484)
John Capistran, Saint	Franciscan priest, preacher (1385-1456)
John Capreolus	Theologian, b. towards the end of the fourteenth century (about 1380) in the Diocese of Rodez, France; d. in that city, April 6, 1444
John Carroll	First bishop of the U.S.A. hierarchy, first Bishop and Archbishop of Baltimore, b. at Upper Marlboro, Md., 8 Jan., 1735; died in Baltimore, 3 Dec., 1815
John Caryll	Poet, dramatist, and diplomatist, b. at West Harting, England, 1625; d. 1711;
John Casey	Mathematician, b. at Kilkenny, Ireland, May 12, 1820; d. at Dublin, 3 Jan., 1891
John Cassian	Monk and ascetic writer of Southern Gaul, b. probably in Provence about 360; d. about 435
John Chetwode Eustace	Antiquary, b. in Ireland, c. 1762; d. at Naples, Italy, Aug. 1, 1815
John Chrysostom, Saint	Father of the Church (ca. 347-407)
John Clement	President of the College of Physicians and tutor to St. Thomas More's children (1500-1572)
John Clerk	Bishop of Bath and Wells (d. 1541)

John Climacus, Saint	Syrian abbot of Mt. Sinai (ca. 525 - ca. 606)
John Clynn	Irish Franciscan and annalist (1300-1349)
John Colet	Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral and founder of St. Paul's School, London (1467-1519)
John Colgan	Franciscan; hagiographer and historian (d. probably in 1657)
John Colombini, Blessed	Founder of the Congregation of Jesuati (ca. 1300-1367)
John Connolly	Second Bishop of New York (1750-1825)
John Constable	Jesuit; controversialist (c. 1676-1743)
John Cornelius and Companions, Venerables	Irish Catholic priest and companions, martyrs (d. 1594)
John Curry	Doctor of medicine and Irish historian; b. in Dublin in the first quarter of the eighteenth century; d. there, 1780
John Dalton	Irish author and translator from Spanish and German, b. in 1814; d. at Maddermarket, Norwich, February 15, 1874
John Damascene, Saint	Father of the Church (ca. 676 - ca. 787)
John Daniel	Priest and made professor of philosophy (1778) and afterwards of theology; b. 1745; d. in Paris, October 3, 1823
John Dawson Gilmary Shea	Historian, b. in New York, July 22, 1824; d. at Elizabeth, New Jersey, Feb. 22, 1892
John de Britto, Blessed	Jesuit martyr (1647-1693)
John de Feckenham	Last Abbot of Westminster, and confessor of the Faith; b. in Feckenham Forest, Worcestershire, in 1515(?), of poor parents named Howman; d. at Wisbech Castle, Oct. 16, 1585
John de Lugo	Spanish Jesuit and Cardinal, b. at Madrid in November, 1583, d. at Rome, August 29, 1660
John de Montmirail	He built a hospital for the sick of all kinds, but the objects of his predilection were the lepers, and those hopelessly afflicted. b. in 1165; d. Sept. 29, 1217
John de Pineda	Jesuit; b. in Seville, 1558; d. there, Jan. 27, 1637
John de Taxster	Thirteenth-century chronicler
John de Trokelowe	Or Thorlow, John de, a monastic chronicler still living in 1330, but the dates of whose birth and death are unknown. He was a Benedictine monk of St. Albans
John Delavau Bryant	Physician, poet, author, and editor, b. in Philadelphia, U.S.A., 1811; d. 1877
John Dobree Dalgairns	B. in the island of Guernsey, Oct. 21, 1818; d. April 6, 1876, at St. George's Retreat, Burgess Hill, near Brighton, England
John Doyle	English portrait-painter and caricaturist b. in Dublin, Ireland, 1797; d. in London, Jan. 2, 1868
John Drumgoole	Priest and philanthropist, b. at Granard, Co. Longford, Ireland, August 15, 1816; d. in New York, March 28, 1888
John Dryden	Poet, dramatist, critic, and translator; b. August 9, 1631, at Oldwinkle All Saints, Northamptonshire, England; d. at London, April 30, 1700
John Dubois	Third Bishop of New York, educator and missionary, b. in Paris, August 24, 1764; d. in New York, December 20, 1842
John Duns Scotus	Franciscan, scholastic philosopher, founder and leader of the famous Scotist School d. Nov. 8, 1308;
John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton	Professor of Modern History at Cambridge, b. at Naples, 10 January, 1834, d. at Tegernsee, Bavaria, 19 June, 1902
John England	First Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.; b. September 23, 1786, d. April 11, 1842
John Evangelist Stadler	Bavarian hagiographer, b. at Parkstetten, in the Diocese of Ratisbon, Dec. 24, 1804; d. at Augsburg, Dec. 30, 1868
John Felton, Blessed	English martyr (d. 1570)
John Fenn	B. at Montacute near Wells in Somersetshire; d. Dec. 27, 1615
John Finch	Martyr, b. about 1548; d. April 20, 1584
John Finglow, Venerable	English martyr; b. at Barnby, near Howden, Yorkshire; executed at York, August 8, 1586
John Fisher, Blessed	Cardinal, Bishop of Rochester, martyr (ca. 1459-1535)
John Fletcher	Missionary and theologian, b. at Ormskirk, England, of an old Catholic family; educated at Douai and afterwards at St. Gregory's, Paris; d. about 1848
John Floyd	English missionary b. in Cambridgeshire in 1572; d. at St-Omer, Sept. 16, 1649
John Forbes	Capuchin; b. 1570; d. 1606
John Forest, Blessed	English Franciscan, martyr (1471-1538)
John Fowler	Scholar and printer, b. at Bristol, England, 1537; d. at Namur, Flanders, Feb. 13, 1578-9

John Francis Bentley	English architect (1839-1902)
John Francis Edward Acton	Sixth Baronet of the name, son of a Shropshire physician, b. at Besancon, 3 June, 1736; d. at Palermo, 12 August, 1811
John Francis Regis, Saint	Jesuit priest, missionary (1597-1640)
John Frederick Henry Schlosser	Jurist, b. at Frankfort-on-the-Main, December 30, 1780; d. there, January 22, 1851
John Furniss	A well-known children's missioner, b. near Sheffield, England, June 19, 1809; d. at Clapham, London, Sept. 16, 1865
John Fust	A partner of Gutenberg in promoting the art of printing, d. at Paris about 1466
John Gage Rokewode	Devoted to antiquarian pursuits, b. Sept. 13, 1786; died Oct. 14, 1842
John Garland	An English poet and grammarian, who lived in the middle of the thirteenth century
John Gerard (Jesuit)	Jesuit; b. Oct. 4, 1564; d. July 27, 1637
John Gibbons	Jesuit theologian; b. 1544; d. 1589
John Goodman	Welch Venerable, priest and martyr; b. 1590; d. 1642.
John Gother	Priest and controversialist; d. 1704
John Gower	Poet; b. between 1327-1330, probably in Kent; d. October, 1408. He was of gentle blood and well connected. He may have been a merchant in London, but this cannot be authoritatively affirmed. It seems certain from his writings
John Gray Foster	Soldier, convert, b. at Whitfield, New Hampshire, U.S.A., May 27, 1823; d. at Nashua, New Hampshire, September 2, 1874
John Gropper	Eminent jurist and theologian, b. Feb. 24, 1503; d. March 13, 1559
John Hambley, Venerable	English martyr (suffered 1587), born and educated in Cornwall, and converted by reading one of Father Persons' books in 1582
John Hamilton	Archbishop of St. Andrews; b. 1511; d. at Stirling, 1571; a natural son of James, first Earl of Arran
John Hardyng	English chronicler; b. 1378; d. about 1465
John Henry Newman	Cardinal-Deacon of St. George in Velabro, divine, philosopher, man of letters, leader of the Tractarian Movement, and the most illustrious of English converts to the Church, b. in the City of London, Feb. 21, 1801, the eldest of six children, three boys a
John Henten	Biblical exegete, b. 1499 at Nalinnes Belgium; d. Oct. 10, 1566, at Louvain
John Hewett	English martyr, date of birth unknown; executed at Mile End Green, October 5, 1588
John Holmes	Catholic educator and priest; b. at Windsor, Vermont, in 1799; d. at Lorette, near Quebec, Canada, in 1852
John Houghton, Blessed	Protomartyr of the persecution under Henry VIII (1487-1535)
John Huddleston	Monk of the Order of St. Benedict; b. at Farington Hall, Lancashire, April 15, 1608; exact date of death unknown; buried at London, September 13, 1698
John Hughes	Fourth Bishop and first Archbishop of New York, b. June 24, 1797; d. in New York, January 3, 1864
John Ingram, Venerable	English martyr; b. in 1565; executed July 26, 1594
John Jacob Baegert	Missionary and ethnographer (1717-1777)
John James Maximilian Oertel	Journalist, b. at Ansbach, Bavaria, April 27, 1811; d. at Jamaica, New York, August 21, 1882
John James Scheffmacher	Jesuit theologian, b. at Kientzheim, Alsace, April 27, 1668; d. at Strasburg, August 18, 1733
John Joseph Hornyold	Titular Bishop of Philomelia, England; b. February 19, 1706; d. at Longbirch, Staffordshire, December 26, 1778
John Joseph of the Cross, Saint	Italian Franciscan priest, miracle worker (1654-1739)
John Kemble, Venerable	English martyr (1599-1679)
John Kemp	Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, Chancellor of England (ca. 1380-1454)
John Knox	Scotch Protestant leader (ca. 1505-1572)
John Kramer	Ascetic writer (fifteenth century)
John LaFarge	Painter, decorator, and writer, b. at New York, March 31, 1835; d. at Providence, Rhode Island, Nov. 14, 1910
John Lanigan	Church historian, b. at Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland, in 1758; d. at Finglas, Dublin, July 8, 1825
John Larke, Blessed	English martyr (d. ca. 1544)
John Laski	Archbishop of Gnesen and Primate of Poland, b. at Lask, 1456; d. at Gnesen, May 19, 1531
John Lateran, Saint	Oldest, and ranks first among the four great patriarchal basilicas of Rome

John Leslie	Bishop of Ross, Scotland, b. September 29, 1527; d. at Guirtenburg, near Brussels, May 30, 1596
John Lingard	English priest and historian; b. at Winchester, February 5, 1771; d. at Hornby, July 17, 1851
John Lloyd, Venerable	Welsh priest and martyr, executed at Cardiff, July 22, 1679
John Lockwood, Venerable	Priest and martyr, b. about 1555; d. at York, April 13, 1642
John Lucic	Croatian historian, b. early in the seventeenth century, ; d. at Rome, January 11, 1679
John Lydgate	B. at Lydgate, Suffolk, about 1370; d. probably about 1450
John Lynch	Historian, b. at Galway, Ireland, 1599; d. in France, 1673
John Macdonald	Laird of Glenaladale and Glenfinnan philanthropist, colonizer, soldier, b. in Glenaladale, Scotland, about 1742; d. at Tracadie, Prince Edward Island, Canada, 1811
John Machale	B. March 6, 1791; d. November 4, 1881
John MacRory Magrath	; b. in Munster, Ireland, in the fifteenth century; date and place of death unknown
John Malalas	Monophysite Byzantine chronicler (sixth century)
John Martiall	B. in Worcestershire, 1534, d. at Lille, April 3, 1597
John Martin Augustine Scholz	Erudite German Orientalist and exegete, b. at Kapsdorf, near Breslau, Feb. 8, 1794; d. at Bonn, Oct. 20, 1852
John Martin Moye	Priest of the Diocese of Metz, founder of the Sisters of Divine Providence, missionary, b. at Cutting, Lorraine, January 27, 1730; d. at Trier, May 4, 1793
John Martinov	B. October 7, 1821; d. April 26, 1894
John Mary Odin	Lazarist missionary, first Bishop of Galveston and second Archbishop of New Orleans, b. Feb. 25, 1801, at Hauteville, Ambierle, France; d. there May 25, 1870
John Mayor	Scotch philosopher and historian, b. 1496; d. 1550
John McCloskey	First American Cardinal, born in Brooklyn, N. Y., March 20, 1810; died in New York, October 10, 1885
John McLoughlin	Physician and pioneer, b. Oct. 19, 1784; d. Sept. 3, 1857
John Mensing	Theologian and celebrated opponent of Luther, b. date unknown; d. about 1541
John Milner	Writer and controversialist, b. in London, October 14, 1752; d. at Wolverhampton, April 19, 1826
John Ming	Philosopher and writer, b. at Gyswyl, Unterwalden, Switzerland, Sept. 20, 1838; d. at Brooklyn, Ohio, U.S.A., June 17, 1910
John Morris	Canon, afterwards Jesuit, F.S.A., b. in India, July 4, 1826; d. at Wimbledon, Oct. 22, 1893
John Morton	Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, b. in Dorsetshire about 1420; d. at Knowle, Kent, Sept. 15, 1500
John Mullanphy	Merchant, philanthropist, b. near Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, Ireland, 1758; d. at St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A., August 29, 1833
John Mush	Priest, b. in Yorkshire, 1551 or 1552; d. at Wenge, Co. Bucks, 1612 or 1613
John Nelson, Blessed	English Jesuit martyr (1534 - ca. 1578)
John Nepomucene Neumann, Venerable	Fourth Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., b. at Prachatitz, Bohemia, March 28, 1811, erroneously set down as Good Friday by his biographers; d. at Philadelphia, January 5, 1860
John Nepomucene, Saint	Vicar general of the Archdiocese of Prague, martyr (ca. 1340-1393)
John Nepomuk Tschupick	A celebrated preacher, b. at Vienna, 7 or April 12, 1729; d. there, July 20, 1784
John Newton	Soldier and engineer, b. at Norfolk, Virginia, August 24, 1823; d. in New York City, May 1, 1895
John Nider	Theologian, b. 1380 in Swabia; d. August 13, 1438, at Colmar
John O'Donovan	Irish historian and antiquarian, b. at Atateemore, County Kilkenny, Ireland, 1806; d. at Dublin, Dec. 9, 1861
John O'Dugan	Writer d. in Roscommon, 1372
John O'Hagan	Lawyer and man of letters, b. at Newry, County Down, Ireland, March 19, 1822; d. near Dublin, November 10, 1890
John O'Hanlon	Priest; b. at Stradbally, Queen's Co., Ireland, 1821; d. at Sandymount, Dublin, 1905
John O'Kane Murray	Physician, historian, b. in County Antrim, Ireland, Dec. 12, 1847; d. at Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., July 30, 1885
John of Antioch	Four persons commonly known by this name.
John of Avila, Blessed	Apostolic preacher, author (1500-1569)
John of Beverley, Saint	Benedictine bishop, monastic founder (d. 721)

John of Biclaro	Chronicler (d. ca. 621)
John of Cornwall	Author of treatise written against the doctrine of Abelard (twelfth century)
John of Ephesus	Syriac historian (ca. 505 - ca. 585)
John of Falkenberg	Dominican author (d. ca. 1418)
John of Fecamp	Ascetic writer (d. 1079)
John of Genoa	Dominican grammarian (d. ca. 1298)
John of God, Saint	De facto founder of the Brothers Hospitallers (1495-1550)
John of Hauteville	Moralist, satirical poet (twelfth century)
John of Janduno	Averroistic philosopher, theologian, and political writer (fourteenth century)
John of Montecorvino	Franciscan missionary to China (1246-1328)
John of Montesono	Dominican theologian, controversialist (fourteenth century)
John of Nikiu	Egyptian chronicler (seventh century)
John of Paris	Dominican theologian, controversialist (d. 1306)
John of Parma, Blessed	Minister General of the Franciscans (d. 1289)
John of Ragusa	Dominican theologian (ca. 1380 - ca. 1443)
John of Roquetaillade	Franciscan alchemist (d. 1362)
John of Rupella	Franciscan theologian (d. 1245)
John of Sahagun, Saint	Spanish canon, hermit (1419-1479)
John of Salisbury	Philosopher, historian, churchman, scholar (ca. 1115-1180)
John of Segovia	Spanish theologian (d. ca. 1458)
John of St. Thomas	Spanish theologian (1589-1644)
John of the Cross, Saint	Co-founder of the Discalced Carmelites, Doctor of the Church (1542-1591)
John of Victring	Chronicler (ca. 1270-1347)
John of Winterthur	Swiss historian (ca. 1300 - ca. 1348)
John Ogilvie, Venerable	Eldest son of Walter Ogilvie, of Drum, near Keith, Scotland, b. 1580; d. March 10, 1615
John Oxenford	Dramatist, critic, translator, and songwriter, b. in London, Aug. 12, 1812; d. there 21Feb., 1877
John Parvus	French theologian, professor (ca. 1360-1411)
John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, Third Marquess Of Bute	Third Marquess of Bute, b. at Mountstuart, Bute, September 12, 1847; d. at Dumfries House, Ayrshire, October 9, 1900
John Paul Nazarius	Dominican theologian, b. in 1556 at Cremona; d. in 1645 or 1646 at Bologna
John Payne, Blessed	English priest, martyr (d. 1582)
John Pecham	Archbishop of Canterbury, b. about 1240; d. December 6, 1292
John Percy	Jesuit b. at Holmeside, Durham, 27 Sep., 1569; d. at London, Dec. 3, 1641
John Pibush, Venerable	English martyr, b. at Thirsk, Yorkshire; d. at St. Thomas's Waterings, Camberwell, February 18, 1600-01
John Pitts	B. at Alton, Hampshire, 1560; d. at Liverdun, Lorraine, Oct. 17, 1616
John Placid Adelham	17th-century Protestant minister, b. in Wiltshire, who became a Catholic and joined the Benedictines
John Ponce	Philosopher and theologian, b. at Cork, 1603, d. at Paris, 1670
John Rigby, Venerable	English martyr executed June 1600
John Roberts, Venerable	First Prior of St. Gregory's, Douai, b. 1575-6; martyred December 10, 1610
John Rochester, Blessed	English priest, martyr (ca. 1498-1537)
John Rogers Herbert	B. January 23, 1810, at Maldon, Essex, England; d. in London, March 17, 1890

John Rose Greene Hassard	Editor, historian; b. in New York, U.S.A., September 4, 1836; d. in that city, April 18, 1888
John Ruysbroeck, Blessed	Surnamed the Admirable Doctor, and the Divine Doctor, undoubtedly the foremost of the Flemish mystics, b. at Ruysbroeck, near Brussels, 1293; d. at Groenendael, Dec. 2, 1381
John Ruysch	Astronomer, cartographer, and painter, b. at Utrecht about 1460; d. at Cologne, 1533
John Sandys, Venerable	English martyr, b. in the Diocese of Chester; executed at Gloucester, August 11, 1586
John Sarkander, Blessed	Priest, martyr for the seal of confession (1576-1620)
John Scholasticus	Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 577)
John Scotus Eriugena	Ninth-century Irish teacher, theologian, philosopher, and poet,
John Sergeant	Convert, writer, b. at Barrow-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, in 1623; d. in 1710
John Shepherd	Musical composer, b. about 1512; d. about 1563
John Slotanus	Polemical writer; b. at Geffen, Brabant; d. at Cologne, July 9, 1560
John Sobieski	King of Poland b. at Olesko in 1629; d. at Wilanow, 1696
John Southworth, Venerable	English martyr, b. in Lancashire, 1592, martyred at Tyburn, June 28, 1654
John Sparrow David Thompson	Jurist and first Catholic Premier of Canada, b. Nov. 10, 1844; d. Dec. 12, 1894
John Speed, Venerable	English martyr, executed at Durham, Feb. 4, 1593-4
John Spenser	Convert, Jesuit, b. in Lincolnshire, 1601; d. at Grafton, 1671
John Stephen Bazin	Third Bishop of Vincennes (1796-1848)
John Stone, Blessed	English Augustinian, martyr (d. ca. 1539)
John Story, Blessed	English martyr (1504-1571)
John Strain	Archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, b. at Edinburgh, December 8, 1810; d. there, July 2, 1883
John Sugar, Venerable	Martyr, b. at Wornbourn, Staffordshire, 1558; suffered at Warwick, July 16, 1604
John T. Mullock	Bishop of St. Johns, Newfoundland, b. in 1807 at Limerick, Ireland; d. at St. Johns, Newfoundland, March 26, 1869
John Talaia	Patriarch of Alexandria (fifth century)
John Talbot	English Catholic layman, b. 1535(?); d. 1607(?)
John Tauler	German Dominican, one of the greatest mystics and preachers of the Middle Ages, b. about 1300; d. June 16, 1361
John Taverner	Composer, b. about 1475; d. 1535 or 1536
John Thayer	Missionary, convert, first native of New England ordained to the priesthood, b. 1755; d. February 5, 1815
John the Almsgiver, Saint	Patriarch of Alexandria (d. 616)
John the Baptist, Saint	New Testament prophet, herald of the Messiah
John the Deacon	Several medieval writers of the same name
John the Evangelist, Saint	Apostle, brother of James the Greater
John the Faster	Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 595)
John the Silent, Saint	Bishop of Colonia, Armenia (452-558)
John Thomas Troy	Archbishop of Dublin, b. in the parish of Blanchardstown, near Dublin, May 10, 1739; d. at Dublin, May 11, 1823
John Thulis	English martyr, b. about 1568; suffered at Lancaster, March 18, 1615 or 1616
John Trithemius	A famous scholar and Benedictine abbot, b. at Trittenheim on the Moselle, February 1, 1462; d. at Wurzburg, December 13, 1516
John Twenge, Saint	Canon regular, Prior of St. Mary's, Bridlington, b. near that town, 1319; d. at Bridlington, 1379
John Vertin	Third Bishop of Marquette, U.S.A., b. at Doblice, Diocese of Laibach (Carniolia), Austria, July 17, 1844; d. at Marquette, Feb. 26, 1899
John Wall, Venerable	Martyr, b. in Lancashire, 1620; suffered near Worcester, Aug. 22, 1679; known at Douay and Rome as John Marsh, and when on the Mission under the aliases of Francis Johnson Webb, and Dormore
John Wessel Goesport	A fifteenth-century Dutch theologian, b. at Groningen in 1420; d. there on Oct. 4, 1489
John Woodcock, Venerable	English Franciscan martyr, b. at Leyland, Lancashire, 1603; suffered at Lancaster, August 7, 1646

John Wyclif	Writer and 'reformer', b. probably at Hipswell near Richmond, in Yorkshire, 1324; d. at Lutterworth, Leicestershire, Dec. 31,1384
John XVI (XVII)	Antipope (997-998)
John XXIII	Antipope (1410-1415)
John Zonaras	Byzantine chronicler and canonist, lived from the latter part of the eleventh to about the middle of the twelfth century
John, Gospel of Saint	Canonical Gospel attributed to Saint John the Evangelist
Jolly, Philipp Johann Gustav von	German physicist (1809-1884)
Jonah	Fifth of the Minor Old Testament Prophets
Jonas of Bobbio	Monk, hagiographer (seventh century)
Jonas of Orleans	Bishop, ecclesiastical writer (d. ca. 844)
Jonathan	Name of several persons mentioned in the Old Testament
Joost Van Cleef	Flemish painter (1520-c. 1556)
Joost Van Den Vondel	Netherland poet and convert, b. at Cologne, Nov. 17, 1587, of parents whose residence was originally at Antwerp; d. Feb. 5, 1679
Jordan, The	River in Palestine
Jordanis	Historian (sixth century)
Jordanus de Nemore	The name given in MSS. of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries to a mathematician who in the Renaissance period was called Jordanus Nemorarius
Jordanus of Giano	Italian Franciscan (ca. 1195 - ca. 1262)
Jorge de Montemayor	Writer, b. at Montemor, province of Coimbra, Portugal, about 1520; d. at Turin, February 26, 1561
Jorgen Zoega	Archaeologist and numismatist, b. at Daler near Tonder, near the west coast of northern Schleswig, December 20, 1755; d. in Rome, February 10, 1809
Joris Karl Huysmans	A French novelist; b. in Paris, February 5, 1848; d. May 12, 1907
Josaphat	Fourth king of Judah after the schism of the ten tribes
Josaphat Kuncevyc, Saint	Lithuanian-born monk, Ruthenian archbishop, writer, martyr
Jose Agostinho de Macedo	Portuguese controversialist, preacher, and poe, b. 1761; d. 1831
Jose Antonio Alzate	Priest (1738-1799)
Jose Bernardo Sanchez	Franciscan, b. at Robledillo, Old Castile, Spain, September 7, 1778; d. at San Gabriel, California, January 15, 1833
Jose Celestino Mutis	Eminent naturalist and scientist in South America, b. at Cadiz, Spain, April 6, 1732; d. at Bogota, Colombia, Sept. 2, 1808
Jose Climent	Spanish bishop (1706-1781)
Jose de Acosta	B. at Medina del Campo in Spain, 1540; d. at Salamanca, 15 February, 1600
Jose de Carabantes	Friar Minor Capuchin and theologian, b. in Aragon, in 1628; d. in 1694
Jose de La Canal	Ecclesiastical historian, b. of poor parents, at Ucieda, a village in the province of Santander, 11 Jan., 1768; d. at Madrid, April 17, 1845
Jose Francisco de Isla	Spanish preacher and satirist (1703-1781)
Jose Francisco de Paula Senan	Franciscan, missionary, b. at Barcelona, Spain, March 3, 1760; d. at Mission San Buenaventura on Aug. 24, 1823
Jose Iglesias de la Casa	A Spanish poet of the coterie gathered about Melendez Valdes, b. at Salamanca, October 31, 1748; d. prematurely at his native place in 1791
Jose Maria de Zalvidea	B. at Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain, March 2, 1780; d. in 1846. He became a Franciscan at the convent of San Mames, Cantabria, December 13, 1798
Jose Maria Morelos	Mexican patriot, b. at Valladolid Mexico, on September 30, 1765; shot at San Cristobal Ecatepec on December 22, 1815
Jose Mariano Beristain y Martin de Souza	Mexican bibliographer (1756-1817)
Jose Mercado Rizal	Filipino hero, physician, poet, novelist, and sculptor; b. at Calamba, Province of La Laguna, Luzon, June 19, 1861; d. at Manila, December 30, 1896
Jose Selgas y Carrasco	Poet and novelist b. at Lorca, Murcia, Spain, 1824; d. at Madrid, Feb. 5, 1882
Jose Torrubia	B. towards the end of the seventeenth century at Granada, Spain; d. in 1768 in the monastery of Aracoeli. He entered the order of St. Peter of Alcantara at Granada
Jose Viader	B. at Gallimes, Catalonia, Aug. 27, 1765. He received the habit of St. Francis at Barcelona in May, 1788, joined the missionary College of San Fernando de Mexico in 1795, and was sent to California in the following year
Josef Anton von Gegenbauer	An accomplished German historical and portrait painter, b. March 6, 1800, at Wangen, Wurtemberg; d. January 31, 1876, at Rome

Josef Fessler	Bishop of St. Polten in Austria, and secretary of the Vatican Council; b. December 2, 1813, at Lochau near Bregenz in the Vorarlberg; d. April 25, 1872
Josef Jungmann	Jesuit priest (1830-1885)
Josef Karl Benedikt Eichendorff	Poet, b. March 10, 1788, d. Nov. 26, 1857
Josef Skoda	Celebrated clinical lecturer and diagnostician and co-founder of the modern medical school of Vienna, b. at Pilsen in Bohemia, December 10, 1805; d. at Vienna, June 13, 1881
Josef Speckbacher	Tyrolean patriot of 1809, b. at Gnadenwald, near Hall, in the Tyrol, July 13, 1767; d. at Hall, March 28, 1820
Josef Wilhelm Karl Kleutgen	German theologian, philosopher (1811-1883)
Joseph	Eleventh son of Jacob
Joseph Albert Alberdingk Thijm	B. July 8, 1820; d. March 17, 1889
Joseph Allegranza	Milanese Dominican who won distinction as a historian, archaeologist, and antiquary; b. 16 October, 1715; d. 18 December, 1785
Joseph Ambrose Stapf	Theologian, b. at Fliess in the valley of the Upper Inn in the Tyrol, Austria, August 15, 1785; d. at Brixen, January 10, 1844
Joseph Anchieta	Jesuit missionary (1533-1597)
Joseph Annegarn	Catholic theologian and popular writer (1794-1843)
Joseph Anthelmi	French ecclesiastical historian (1648-1697)
Joseph Anthony de La Riviere Poncet	Missionary, b. at Paris, May 7, 1610; d. at Martinique, June 18, 1675
Joseph Anton Sambuga	Theologian, b. at Walldorf near Heidelberg, June 9, 1752; d. at Nymphenburg near Munich about 1815
Joseph Athias	Issued two editions of the Hebrew Bible (d. 1700)
Joseph Aubery	Jesuit missionary in Canada (1673-1755)
Joseph Autran	French poet (1813-1877)
Joseph Bayma	Jesuit mathematician and scientist (1816-1892)
Joseph Berington	Catholic writer (1743-1827)
Joseph Biner	Canonist, historian, and theologian (1697-1766)
Joseph Calasanctius, Saint	Founder of the Piarists (1556-1648)
Joseph Carriere	Moral theologian, thirteenth superior of the seminary and Society of Saint-Sulpice, b. February 19, 1795, France; d. at Lyons, April 23, 1864
Joseph Cassani	B. at Madrid, March 26, 1673, entered the Society of Jesus, 16 Nov., 1686, was still in active exercise of priestly functions in 1745, and d. in 1750
Joseph Charles Benziger	Founder of Catholic publishing house of the same name (1762-1841)
Joseph Creswell	Controversialist, b. 1557 of Yorkshire stock in London; d. about 1623
Joseph Cretin	First Bishop of St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A., b., at Montluel, department of Ain, France, December 19, 1799; d. at St. Paul, Minnesota, February 22, 1857
Joseph Curr	Priest, controversialist, and martyr of charity, b. at Sheffield, England, in the last quarter of the eighteenth century; d. at Leeds, June 29, 1847
Joseph Dabrowski	Founder of the Sts. Cyril and Methodius Seminary, Detroit, Michigan, b. at Zoltance, Russian Poland; d. at Detroit, Feb. 15, 1903
Joseph de Gallifet	Priest; b. near Aix, France, May 2, 1663; d. at Lyons, Sept. 1, 1749
Joseph de Jouvancy	Poet, pedagogue, philologist, historian (1643-1719)
Joseph de La Roche Daillon	Jesuit, one of the most zealous missionaries of the Huron tribe, d. in France, 1656
Joseph Deharbe	Theologian, catechist, b. at Strasburg, Alsace, April 11, 1800; d. at Maria-Laach, November 8, 1871
Joseph Denis	The first Canadian to join the Recollects of the Friars Minor; b. November 6, 1657, at Three Rivers, Canada; d. January 25, 1736
Joseph Dixon	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland, b. at Coalisland, Co. Tyrone, in 1806; d. at Armagh, April 29, 1866
Joseph Edmund Jorg	Historian, politician
Joseph Epping	German astronomer and Assyriologist, b. Dec. 1, 1835; d. Aug. 22, 1894
Joseph Fabre	Second Superior General of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, b. November 14, 1S24, at Cuges, Bouches-du-RhÃ´ne, France; d. at Royaumont near Paris, October 26, 1892
Joseph Ferdinand Damberger	Church historian, b. March 1, 1795, at Passau, Bavaria; d. April 1, 1859
Joseph Fesch	Cardinal, b. at Ajaccio, Corsica, January 3, 1763; d. at Rome, May 13, 1839

Joseph Franz Allioli	B. at Sulzbach, 10 August, 1793; d. at Augsburg, 22 May, 1873
Joseph Fuhrich	Artist b. 1800; d. 1876
Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger	Composer and organist, b. at Vaduz, in the Principality of Lichtenstein, Bavaria, March 17, 1839; d. at Munich, Nov. 25, 1901
Joseph Galien	Dominican, professor of philosophy and theology at the University of Avignon, meteorologist, physicist, and writer on aeronautics; b. 1699, at Saint-Paulien, near Le Puy, in Southern France; d. 1762 in the Dominican monastery at Le Puy
Joseph Gasser von Valhorn	An Austrian sculptor, b. Nov. 22, 1816, at Pragraten, Tyrol; d. Oct. 28, 1900
Joseph Georg Strossmayer	Bishop of DiakovÃ r, b. February 4, 1815; d. April 8, 1905
Joseph Hammer-Purgstall	A distinguished Austrian Orientalist; b. at Graz, June 9, 1774; d. at Vienna, November 23, 1856
Joseph Haydn	Born of staunch Catholic parents at Rohrau, Austria, April 1, 1732; died at Gumpendorf, Vienna, May 31, 1809
Joseph Heinrich Aloysius Gugler	B. August 25, 1782; d. February 28, 1827
Joseph Heinz	A Swiss painter; b. at Basle, June 11, 1564; d. near Prague, Bohemia, October, 1609
Joseph Henri Marie de Premare	Missionary and sinologist, b. at Cherbourg, July 17, 1666; d. at Macao, Sept. 17, 1736; entered the Society of Jesus Sept. 17, 1683
Joseph Hergenrother	Church historian and canonist, first Cardinal-Prefect of the Vatican Archives, b. 1824; d. 1890
Joseph Hilarius Eckhel	German numismatist, b. January 13, 1737, d. May 16, 1798
Joseph Hyrtl	Austrian anatomist, b. at Eisenstadt in Hungary, December 7, 1810; d. July 17, 1894
Joseph Ignatius Ritter	Historian, b. at Schweinitz, Silesia, April 12, 1787; d. at Breslau, Jan. 5, 1857
Joseph II	German Emperor of the House of Hapsburg-Lorraine (1741-1790)
Joseph Jacotot	French educator (1770-1840)
Joseph Joubert	French philosopher (1754-1824)
Joseph Kehrein	Educator, philologist, historian of German literature (1808-1876)
Joseph Knabl	Master of religious plastic art (1819-1881)
Joseph Konig	Theologian and exegete (1819-1900)
Joseph Lambton	English martyr, b.1569; d. at Newcastle-on-Tyne, probable date is July 24, 1592
Joseph Le Caron	Pioneer missionary of Canada and first missionary to the Hurons (q.v.), b. near Paris in 1586; d. in France, March 29, 1632
Joseph Ludwig Colmar	Bishop of Mainz (1760-1818)
Joseph M. Finotti	B. at Ferrara, Italy, September 21, 1817; d. at Central City, Colorado, January 10, 1879
Joseph Marcoux	Missionary among the Iroquois, b. in Canada, March 16, 1791; d. there May 29, 1855
Joseph Maria Amiot	Jesuit missionary to China (1718-1793)
Joseph Maria Pernter	Scientist, b. at Neumark, Tyrol, March 15, 1848; d. at Arco, Dec. 20, 1908
Joseph Maria von Radowitz	B. at Blankenburg, February 6, 1797; d. at Berlin, December 25, 1853. Radowitz was of Hungarian descent, though his family had lived in Germany since 1745
Joseph Mohr	Restorer of virile melodies and texts sung in the vernacular by the people prior to the Reformation, b. at Siegburg, Rhine Province, Jan. 11, 1834; d. at Munich, February 7, 1892
Joseph Nirschl	Theologian and writer, b. at Durchfurth, Lower Bavaria, February 24, 1823; d. at Wurzburg, January 17, 1904
Joseph O'Dwyer	Physician, inventor of intubation; b. at Cleveland, 1841; d. in New York, January 7, 1898
Joseph of Arimathea, Saint	Secret disciple of Christ in New Testament
Joseph of Cupertino, Saint	Mystic (1603-1663)
Joseph of Exeter	Latin poet (twelfth century)
Joseph of Leonessa, Saint	Capuchin missionary, confessor (d. 1612)
Joseph Olivier Briand	Seventh Bishop of Quebec (1715-1794)
Joseph Oriol, Saint	Priest, 'Thaumaturgus of Barcelona', b. at Barcelona, November 23, 1650; d. there, March 23, 1702
Joseph Othmar Rauscher	Prince-Archbishop of Vienna, b. at Vienna, Oct. 6, 1797; d. there Nov. 24, 1875
Joseph Passerat, Venerable	Priest; b. April 30, 1772, at Joinville, France; d. October 30, 1858

Joseph Pitoni	Musician, b. at Rieti, Perugia, Italy, March 18, 1657; d. at Rome, Feb. 1, 1743, and buried in the church of San Marco, where he had been choirmaster, in the Pitoni family vault
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort	French botanist, b. at Aix in Provence, June 5, 1656; d. at Paris, Dec. 28, 1708
Joseph Putzer	Theologian and canonist, b. at Rodaneck, Tyrol, March 4, 1836; d. at Ilchester, Md., May 15, 1904
Joseph Rathborne	Priest and controversialist (sometimes erroneously called Rathbone), b. at Lincoln, May 11, 1807; d. at Cowes, August 12, 1842
Joseph Ritter von Aschbach	German historian (1801-1882)
Joseph Sadoc Alemany	First Archbishop of San Francisco, California, U.S.A., b. at Vich in Spain, 13 July, 1814; d. at Valencia in Spain, 14 April, 1888
Joseph Saenz de Aguirre	Earned Spanish Benedictine; b. at Logrono, in Old Castile, 24 March, 1630; d. 19 August, 1699
Joseph Salzmann	Founder of St. Francis Provincial Seminary
Joseph Schwane	Theological writer, b. at Dors. ten in Westphalia, April 2, 1824; d. at Munster, June 6, 1892
Joseph Sibbel	Sculptor, b. at Dulmen, June 7, 1850; d. in New York, July 10, 1907
Joseph Spillmann	Author, b. at Zug, Switzerland, April 22, 1842; d. at Luxemburg, February 20, 1905
Joseph Stevenson	Archivist, b. Nov. 27, 1806; d. Feb. 8, 1895
Joseph Szujski	B. at Tarnow, 1835; d. at Cracow, 1883
Joseph Tasse	Writer and journalist, b. Oct. 23, 1848; d. Jan. 17, 1895
Joseph Tieffentaller	Jesuit missionary and noted geographer in Hindustan, b. August 27, 1710; d. July 5, 1785
Joseph Vaz	A Goanese priest, Apostle of Ceylon, b. at Goa, April 21, 1651; d. at Kandy, Jan. 16, 1711
Joseph Von Fraunhofer	Optician, b. at Straubing, Bavaria, March 6, 1787; d. at Munich, June 7, 1826
Joseph Widmer	Catholic theologian, b. at Hohenraim, Lucerne, Switzerland, Aug. 15, 1779; d. at Beromunster, Dec. 10, 1844
Joseph, Saint	Husband of the Virgin Mary, foster-father of Jesus Christ
Joseph-Alexandre Martigny	Canon of Belley, archaeologist; b. at Sauverny, Ain, in 1808; d. at Belley, August 19, 1880
Joseph-Antoine Plateau	Belgian physicist (1801-1883)
Joseph-Epiphane Darras	Church historian, b. at Troyes, France, 1825; d. at Paris, Nov. 8, 1878
Joseph-Francois Lafitau	Jesuit missionary and writer, b. at Bordeaux, France, Jan. 1, 1681; d. there, 1746
Joseph-Francois Michaud	Historian, b. at Albens, Savoy, 1767; d. at Passy, Sept. 30, 1839
Joseph-Marie de Gerando	French statesman and writer, b. 1772; d. 1842
Joseph-Marie Maistre	French philosophical writer, b. at Chambdry, in Savoy, in 1753; d. at Turin, Feb. 26, 1821
Joseph-Marie-Bruno-Constantin Kervyn de Lettenhove	Belgian statesman, historian (1817-1891)
Joseph-Michel Montgolfier	Inventor; b. at Vidalon-lez-Annonay, Department of Ardeche, France, August 26, 1740; d. at Balaruc-les-Bains, Department of Herault, France, June 26, 1810
Joseph-Octave Plessis	Bishop of Quebec, b. at Montreal, March 3, 1763; d. at Quebec, Dec. 4, 1822
Josephites	Religious congregation devoted to the Christian education of youth
Joshua	Book of the Old Testament and name of eight persons in the Old Testament
Joshua Bassett	Convert and controversialist (d. 1720)
Josias (Josiah)	Pious King of Judah (639-608 B.C.)
Josquin Depres	The most gifted and most learned contrapuntist and composer before Palestrina and was the head of the Second Netherland School; b. probably c. 1450 at Conde, Hainault, Belgium; d. there August 27, 1521
Josse Clichtove	Theologian (1472-1543)
Josse Ravesteyn	B. about 1506, at Tielt, a small town in Flanders
Jost Ribeiro da Fonseca	Friar Minor; b. at Evora, Dec. 3, 1690; d. at Porto, June 16, 1752
Jouffroy, Claude-François-Dorothée de	Mechanician (1751-1832)
Jovinianus	Heretic, opponent of Christian asceticism (fourth century)
Juan Andres (litterateur and historian)	Litterateur and historian, b. at Planes, Valencia, Spain, in 1740; d. in Rome in 1817

Juan Andres (Spanish canonist)	Priest, canonist
Juan Arricivita	Eighteenth-century Franciscan missionary, Prefect and Commissary of the College of Propaganda Fide, at Queretaro, in New Spain (Mexico)
Juan Azor	Professor of philosophy and later of theology, both dogmatic and moral (1535-1559)
Juan Bautista de Lezana	Theologian, b. at Madrid, Nov. 23, 1586; d. in Rome, March 29, 1659
Juan Bautista de Toledo	Spanish sculptor, architect (d. 1567)
Juan Bautista Morales	Missionary, b. about 1597 at Ecija in Andalusia, Spain; d. at Fu-ning, China, Sept. 17, 1664
Juan Bautista Villalpandus	B. at Cordova, Spain, in 1552; entered the Society of Jesus in 1575; d. on May 22, 1608
Juan Caballero y Ocio	B. at Queretaro, Mexico, May 4, 1644; d. there April 11, 1707
Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz	Spanish ecclesiastic and writer; b. at Madrid, May 23, 1606; d. at Vigevano, September 8, 1682
Juan Cardenas	Moral theologian and author; b. at Seville, 1613; d. June 6, 1684
Juan Carreno de Miranda	Spanish painter, b. at Aviles in Asturia, 1614; d. at Madrid, 1685
Juan Carvajal	Cardinal, b. about 1400 at Truxillo in Estremadura, Spain; d. at Rome, December 6, 1469
Juan Conchillos Falco	Painter, b. at Valencia of an ancient noble family in 1641; d. May 14, 1711
Juan Coronel	Franciscan (1569-1651)
Juan de Albi	A Spanish Carthusian date of birth uncertain; d. 27 December, 1591
Juan de Atienza	Founded the College of San Martin at Lima (1546-?)
Juan de Betanzos	Spanish historian of natives of New World (sixteenth century)
Juan de Castellanos	B. in Spain in the first half of the sixteenth century; date of death unknown
Juan de Cordova	Dominican (1503-1595)
Juan de Dicastillo	Theologian, b. of Spanish parents at Naples, December 28, 1584; d. at Ingolstadt March 6, 1653
Juan de Jauregui	Spanish painter and poet (ca. 1570 - ca. 1641)
Juan de La Cosa	Navigator and cartographer, b. in 1460 on the Bay of Biscay, Spain (by tradition), and hence called Juan Biscayno, d. Gulf of Uraba, February 28, 1510
Juan de La Cueva	Poet and dramatist, b. of a noble family at Seville, Spain, in 1550; d. in 1607
Juan de La Encina	Spanish dramatic poet, b. Aug. 7, 1468; d. 1534
Juan de Medina	Theologian; b. 1490; d. 1547
Juan de Mena	Spanish poet, b. 1411 at Cordova;d. 1456 at Torrelaguna
Juan de Padilla	Friar Minor, protomartyr of the United States of America, member of the Andalusian province, came to Mexico probably in 1528, joining the province of the Holy Gospel
Juan de Palafox y Mendoza	Bishop of La Puebla de los Angeles in Mexico, b. at Fitero in Navarre, June 24, 1600; d. at Osma in Spain, October 1, 1659
Juan de Quevedo	Franciscan, native of Bejori, Old Castile, Spain; d. at Barcelona, December 24, 1519
Juan de Ruiz de Alarcón y Mendoza	Spanish dramatic poet, b. at Mexico City, about 1580; d. at Madrid, August 4, 1639
Juan de Zumarraga	B. at Durango in the Basque provinces in 1468; d. in Mexico, June 3, 1548
Juan Diaz de Solis	Spanish navigator and explorer, b. about 1470 at Lebrija (Seville), or, according to some accounts, in Asturias; d. in South America in 1516
Juan Eusebio Nieremberg y Otin	Noted theologian and polygraphist, b. of German parents at Madrid, 1595; d. there, 1658
Juan Fernandez	Jesuit lay brother and missionary; b. at Cordova; d. June 12, 1567, in Japan
Juan Fernandez Navarrete	Spanish painter, b. at Logrono, 1526 and died at Segovia, 1579
Juan Francisco Maria de La Saludad Donoso Cortes	Marquess of Valdegamas, author and diplomat, b. May 6, 1809, at Valle de la Serena in the province of Estremadura, Spain; d. May 3, 1853, at Paris
Juan Ignacio Molina	Naturalist and scientist; b. July 20, 1740, at Guaraculen near Talca (Chile); d. Oct. 23 (Sept. 12?), 1829, at Imola or Bologna (Italy)
Juan Jose Eguiara y Eguren	Jost, b. in Mexico towards the close of the seventeenth century; d. January 29, 1763
Juan Jose Urraburu	Scholastic philosopher, b. at Ceanuri, Biscay, May 23, 1844; d. at Burgos, August 13, 1904
Juan Luis Vives	Spanish humanist and philosopher, b. at Valencia, March 6, 1492; d. at Bruges, May 6, 1540

Juan Maldonado	Theologian and exegete; b. in 1533; d. at Rome, Jan. 5, 1583
Juan Maria Salvatierra	Missionary priest, b. at Milan, November 15, 1648; d. at Guadalajara, July 17, 1717
Juan Mariana	Author and Jesuit, b. 1536; d. February 16, 1624
Juan Martinez de Ripalda	Theologian, b. at Pamplona, Navarre, 1594; d. at Madrid, April 26, 1648
Juan Martinez Montanes	Noted Spanish sculptor of the seventeenth century, sometimes called the Sevillian Phidias, d. 1649
Juan Melendez Valdes	Spanish poet and politician, b. at Ribera del Fresno (Badajoz) March 11, 1754; d. in exile at Montpellier, France, May 24, 1817
Juan Nicasio Gallego	Priest and poet; b. at Zamora, Spain, Dec. 14, 1777; d. at Madrid, Jan. 9, 1853
Juan Pablo Bonet	Spanish priest and educator of the disabled (sixteenth century)
Juan Perez	Franciscan; d. before 1513
Juan Ponce de Leon	Explorer, b. at San Servas in the province of Campos, 1460; d. in Cuba, 1521
Juan Romero	Missionary and Indian linguist, b. in the village of Machena, Andalusia, Spain, 1559; d. at Santiago, Chile, March 31, 1630
Juan Santos Atahualpa	Indian from Cuzco, claimed to have been sent by God to drive the Spaniards from western South America
Juan Tomas de Rocaberti	Theologian, b. of a noble family at Perelada, in Catalina, c. 1624; d. at Madrid, June 13, 1699
Jubilate Sunday	Third Sunday after Easter
Juda (Judah)	Name of one of the Patriarchs and the tribe descended from him
Judaizers	Party of Jewish Christians in the early Church
Judas Iscariot	Apostle who betrayed Jesus
Judas Machabeus	Third son of the priest Mathathias, leader of Jewish revolt
Judea	Part of Palestine adjacent to Jerusalem, inhabited by the Jewish community after their return from captivity
Judges	Seventh book of the Old Testament
Judica Sunday	Fifth Sunday of Lent
Jules Mazarin	B. July 14, 1602; d. March 9, 1661
Jules Verne	Novelist, b. at Nantes, France, 1828; d. at Amiens, 1905
Julia Kavanagh	Irish novelist, biographer (1824-1877)
Julian and Basilissa, Saints	Husband and wife, martyr and confessor (fourth century)
Julian Edmund Tenison Woods	Priest and scientist, b. at Southwark, London Nov. 15, 1832; d. at Sydney, New South Wales, Oct. 7, 1889
Julian Klaczko	Polish author, Catholic convert (1825-1906)
Julian of Eclanum	Bishop, Pelagian (ca. 386-454)
Julian of Speyer	Composer, poet, historian (thirteenth century)
Julian the Apostate	Roman emperor (331-363)
Juliana Falconieri, Saint	Founder of the Servite Third Order (d. 1341)
Juliana Morell	Dominican nun, b. at Barcelona, Spain, February 16, 1594; d. at the convent of the Dominican nuns at Avignon, France, June 26, 1653
Juliana of Liege, Saint	Belgian nun (1193-1258)
Juliana of Norwich	English mystic (fourteenth century)
Juliana, Saint	Martyr
Julie Billiart, Blessed	Founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame of Namur (1751-1816)
Julien Garnier	Jesuit missionary, b. at Connerai, France, January 6, 1643; d. in Quebec, 1730
Juliopolis	Titular see in the province of Bithynia Secunda
Julius Africanus	Father of Christian chronography (ca. 160 - ca. 240)
Julius Caesar Scaliger	Humanist, b. at Riva on Lake Garda in 1484; d. at Agen, France, Oct. 21, 1558

Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn	Prince-Bishop of Wurzburg, b. 1545, d. Sept. 13, 1617
Julius Peter Garesche	Soldier; b. April 26, 1821, near Havana, Cuba; killed at the battle of Stone River, Tennessee, U.S.A., December 31, 1862
Julius Von Ficker	Historian, b. at Paderborn, Germany, April 30, 1826; d. at Innsbruck, June 10, 1902
Julius von Pflug	Last Catholic Bishop of Naumburg Zeitz, b. at Eythra, near Leipzig, 1499; d. at Zeitz, Sept. 3, 1564
Junipero Serra	Franciscan, preacher of missions, b. at Petra, Island of Majorca, Nov. 24, 1713; d. at Monterey, California, Aug. 28, 1784
Jus Spolii (Right of Spoil)	Claim, exercised in the Middle Ages, of succession to the property of deceased clerics
Jusepe de Ribera	Painter, b. at Jativa, Jan. 12, 1588; d. at Naples, 1656
Juste	Family of Italian sculptors
Justice	Most important of the cardinal virtues
Justification	Transformation of sinner from unrighteousness to holiness and sonship of God
Justin de Jacobis, Blessed	Italian bishop (1800-1860)
Justin Martyr, Saint	Christian apologist, martyr (second century)
Justin McCarthy	Irish politician, journalist, novelist, and historian, b. at Cork, Nov. 22, 1830; d. at Folkestone, England, June 24, 1912
Justin Timotheus Balthasar Freiherr von Linde	Hessian jurist and statesman, b. in the village of Brilon, Westphalia, Aug. 7, 1797; d. at Bonn during the night of 8-June 9, 1870.
Justinian I	Roman Emperor (527-565)
Justinianopolis	Titular see of Armenia Prima
Justus Baronius Calvinus	Convert and apologist, b. at Xanthen, Germany, c. 1570; d. after 1606
Justus Lipsius	Philologian and humanist of the Netherlands, b. at Overyssche, Oct. 18, 1547; d. at Louvain, March 23, 1606
Justus, Saint	Archbishop of Canterbury (d. ca. 627)
Juvenile Courts	Tribunals for the trial of children charged with crimes

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