Person

John, son of Zebedee

1st c.

apostle

Tradition. Jerusalem is attested; Ephesus and Patmos are TRADITION (Irenaeus; Eusebius).

John, son of Zebedee — Peter Paul Rubens / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain Public domainSource page

One of the Twelve. Irenaeus, via Polycarp, places John at Ephesus until Trajan's time, and Revelation's author was exiled on Patmos. Whether these are the same John is debated.

Bases

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jerusalem · 'pillar' of the Jerusalem church (Galatians 2:9) · c. 30-50 · attested
ephesus · residence and tomb (tradition) · late 1st c. · tradition
Patmos · exile (Revelation 1:9, if the seer is the apostle) · c. 95 · tradition

Places

Councils

No council in this list names them as a participant.

Sources

Eusebius, Church History III (apostles' mission fields; John at Ephesus; Papias)
St. John the EvangelistConfessional source

Catalog editions

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