John the Baptist Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Europe==== [[File:St John the Baptist Titular Statue of Xewkija Gozo, Malta.jpg|thumb|Wooden statue. [[Pietro Paolo Azzopardi]], 1845, [[Xewkija]].]] In Spain, Saint John was venerated during the feast of the [[Alhansara]] in [[Granada]], and also in [[Gaztelugatxe]]<ref>{{cite journal|author=Adriano Duque|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09518967.2022.2115746|title=Aspects of tree veneration around the cult of John the Baptist in medieval Syria and Spain (10th–14th centuries CE)|journal=Mediterranean Historical Review|date=2023|volume=37|issue=2|pages=133–149|doi=10.1080/09518967.2022.2115746|s2cid=254096999|access-date=14 February 2023|archive-date=16 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216055641/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09518967.2022.2115746|url-status=live}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, Saint John is the patron of [[Penzance]], [[Cornwall]]. In [[Scotland]], he is the patron saint of [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]], which used to be known as St. John's Toun of Perth. The main church in the city is still the medieval Kirk of St. John the Baptist and the city's [[Professional sports|professional]] [[football club (association football)|football club]] is called [[St Johnstone F.C.]] Also, on the night of 23 June on to the 24th, Saint John is celebrated as the patron saint of [[Porto]], the second largest city in [[Portugal]]. An article from June 2004 in ''[[The Guardian]]'' remarked that "Porto's {{lang|pt|[[Festa de São João]]}} is one of Europe's liveliest street festivals, yet it is relatively unknown outside the country".<ref>{{cite news|author=Matthew Hancock|url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2004/jun/12/portugal.guardiansaturdaytravelsection|title=There's only one São João|work=The Guardian|date=12 June 2004|access-date=14 February 2010|location=London|archive-date=28 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228052351/http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2004/jun/12/portugal.guardiansaturdaytravelsection|url-status=live}}</ref> As patron saint of the original Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John, he is the patron of the Knights Hospitaller of Jerusalem, [[Malta]], [[Florence]], [[Cesena]], [[Turin]] and [[Genoa]], Italy; as well as of Malta as a whole and of [[Xewkija]] and [[Gozo]] in Malta, which remember him with a great feast on the Sunday nearest to 24 June.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page