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The Great Cloud of Witnesses

St. John the Baptist
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M.

St. John the Baptist

June 24

St. John the Baptist, (born 1st decade BCE, Judaea, Palestine, near Jerusalem—died 28–36 CE; feast day June 24), was a Jewish prophet of priestly origin who preached the imminence of God’s Final Judgment and baptized those who repented in self-preparation for it; he is revered in the Christian church as the forerunner of Jesus Christ. After a period of desert solitude, John the Baptist emerged as a prophet in the region of the lower Jordan River valley. He had a circle of disciples, and Jesus was among the recipients of his rite of baptism. He is remembered on June 24 when the Church celebrates his nativity.

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